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Milk futures, cash dairy trade mixed

Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed mixed Thursday in a lightly traded narrow range.

September Class III milk up three cents at $16.61. October unchanged at $17.15. November eight cents lower at $19.98. December down seven cents at $17.33. January through March contracts unchanged.

Dry whey up $0.01 at $0.5350. One sale was made at $0.53.

Blocks unchanged at $1.7950.

Barrels unchanged at $1.4925.

Butter down $0.0375 at $1.79. Two sales were made at $1.79 and $1.7975.

Nonfat dry milk unchanged at $1.33.