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CME dairy prices mixed Wednesday

Dairy prices were mixed Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

 Class Three May milk was unchanged at $15.23 a hundredweight. June was down $.01 to $15.68. July was up $.01 to $16.06.  August was down $.01 to $16.38. The milk futures from September through next April ranged from zero to $.07 higher.

Grade AA Butter was down $.0125 at $2.3475 per pound.  Sixteen carloads sold with prices from $2.34 to $2.36.

Barrels were unchanged at $1.6025 per pound.  Nine carloads sold at that price.

 40-pound blocks were up $.0050 at  $1.6650 per pound. One carload of blocks sold at that price.

Nonfat dry milk was down $.0050 to $.82 per pound.  Two carloads sold at $.82 and $.83.

Dry whey was up $.0050 to $.3150 cents per pound.  No sales were recorded.