Milk futures were lower and the cash dairy markets were steady with very light trading activity on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.   

August Class III milk was down $0.05 at $17.27.  September was down $0.15 at $17.83. October was down $0.16 at $18.06.  November was down $0.21 at $18.17.  December through June contracts were unchanged except for December which was down thirteen cents and may which was down one cent. 

Dry whey was down $0.0025 at $0.2675.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $0.2675 to $0.26. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $1.99.

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