Milk futures were lower and the cash dairy markets were mixed Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. 

March Class III milk was down $0.04 at $16.43.  April was down $0.24 at $16.01.  May was down $0.34 at $16.42.  June was down $0.33 at $17.23.  

July through January contracts ranged from unchanged in October to twenty-six cents lower in July.  Friday’s Class III trade volume was lower, with 1,964 contracts. 

Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.4450.  No sales were recorded.  

Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0025 at $1.47.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4575 to $1.4725. 

Cheese barrels were up $0.01 at $1.4425.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4375 to $1.4425. 

Butter was down $0.0250 at $2.8225.  No sales were recorded. 

Nonfat dry milk remained unchanged at $1.1625.   No sales were recorded. 

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