Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher Friday supported by improve cash trade and a bullish supply and demand report.

October Class III milk up 28 cents at $20.91.  November 43 cents higher at $19.73.  December up 19 cents at $17.93.  January seven cents higher at $17.04.  February through April contracts two cents lower to six cents higher.

Dry whey unchanged at $0.3950. 

Blocks unchanged at $2.6475.  Two sales were made at that price. 

Barrels up $0.05 at $2.0550.  Four sales were made ranging from $2.0050 to $2.05. 

Butter up $0.0175 at $1.4125.  Eleven trades were made ranging from $1.3950 to $1.45.    

Nonfat dry milk up $0.0075 at $1.1250.

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