Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange continued to press higher Monday as the block and barrel cheddar
spread again widened to a new record and block cheddar broke another daily
record.
July Class III milk 14 cents higher at $24.34. August
up 36 cents at $23.40. September 43 cents higher at $20.71. October
25 cents higher at $18.76. November through January contracts eight to 21
cents higher.
Dry whey up $0.03 at $0.30.
Blocks up $0.0850 at $3.00, a new record. Seven trades
were made ranging from $2.9175 to $3.00.
Barrels up $0.0625 at $2.4025.
Butter up $0.0325 at $1.7275. Eleven trades were made
ranging from $1.72 to $1.7275.
Nonfat dry milk unchanged at $1.0150.
--Brownfield AgNews