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Dairy markets mostly up for second straight day

The Dairy markets were all up except for butter for the second day in a row on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

January milk was up $.07 at $13.84.  February was up $.32 at $13.69.  March was up $.32 to $13.75.  April was up $.21 closing at $14.02.  The rest of the 2018 milk futures were all up from four to eighteen cents

Grade AA Butter was down $.01 closing at $2.15.  One carload was sold at that price.

Barrels were up $.0475 to $1.3225.  Sixteen carloads were sold ranging from $1.30 to $1.3225.

40-pound blocks were up $.0550 to  $1.5225.  Two carloads of blocks were sold at $1.50 and $1.5225.

Nonfat dry milk was up $.0175 at $.7075 per pound. Ten carloads were sold ranging from $.70 to $.71 cents per pound.