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Dairy markets fall again Monday

Dairy prices were mostly lower again Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Class III milk futures for December were the exception, up $.01 closing at  $15.61.  All other milk futures through 2018 went down.

January milk was down $.04 closing at $14.34.  February was down $.06 at $14.26.  March was down $.10 closing at $14.41.  

Grade AA Butter closed down $.03 at $2.19.  Three carloads of butter were sold with two selling at $2.20.

Barrels were unchanged at $1.67.  Sales were up, with 36 carloads of barrels trading between $1.6675 and  $1.6725.

40-pound blocks closed down $.0175 at $1.4575.  Three carloads of blocks were sold ranging from $1.4575 to $1.48.  

Nonfat dry milk was unchanged at $.6825.  Only one carload was sold Monday.