Milk futures were higher in the near term and cash dairy prices were higher Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
March Class III milk was up $0.04 at $17.75. April was up $0.08 at $17.53. May was up $0.03 at $17.83. June was up $0.01 at $18.33. July through January contracts ranged from four cents lower in July to seventeen cents lower in October.
Dry whey was up $0.01 at $0.4450. Six sales were recorded from $0.44 to $0.4475.