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

April Class III milk was down $0.02 at $15.54.  May was down $0.10 at $15.86.  June was down $0.04 at $16.60.  July was down $0.08 at $17.31.  

August through February contracts ranged from two cents lower in February to fifteen cents lower in September.  Monday’s Class III trade volume was 2,245 contracts. 

Dry whey was up $0.0025 at $0.4050.  One sale was recorded at that price. 

Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.02 at $1.4375, raising the block price above the barrel price.  Five sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4150 to $1.4375. 

Cheese barrels were up $0.0075 at $1.4350.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4150 to $1.4375. 

Butter was up $0.0075 at $2.85.  Two sales were recorded at $2.8425 and $2.85. 

Nonfat dry milk was unchanged at $1.12.   No sales were recorded. 

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