Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued mostly higher Tuesday seeing some support from global markets.

April Class III milk down 15 cents at $17.45.  May up six cents at $18.63.  June up 14 cents at $18.84.  July six cents higher at $18.78.  August through October contracts unchanged to five cents higher.

Dry whey unchanged $0.66.

Blocks up $0.01 at $1.7850.  Two sales were made at $1.78 and $1.7850.  

Barrels unchanged at $1.53.   Two sales were made at $1.53 and $1.5325.

Butter down $0.0050 at $1.8325.  One trade was made at that price.

Nonfat dry milk up $0.0025 at $1.1825.  Two trades were made at $1.1825 and $1.1850.

The Global Dairy Trade index in New Zealand saw an incremental increase, up 0.3 percent, Tuesday.  Butter milk powder had a significant surge in demand, up 17.6 percent, followed by cheddar and butter.  Lactose had the only decline, down 6.5 percent.