Milk futures were mostly higher and the cash dairy markets were steady to higher Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.   

September Class III milk was down $0.03 at $18.51.  October was up $0.07 at $18.95.  November was up $0.10 at $18.71.  December was up $0.02 at $18.57.  January through July contracts ranged from two cents lower in February to eleven cents higher in January.   

Dry whey was unchanged at $0.32.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $0.32 to $0.3225. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0125 at $1.9625.  No sales were recorded. 

Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.8675.  No sales were recorded. 

Butter was up $0.01 at $2.72.  Six sales were recorded, ranging from $2.7150 to $2.72. 

Nonfat dry milk was up $0.0325 at $1.09. One sale was recorded at that price. 

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