Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher Thursday as declines in grains and gains in cash prices buoyed markets.

October Class III milk down six cents at $17.90. November 59 cents higher at $19.91. December up 59 cents at $19.64. January up 48 cents at $18.81. February through April contracts 17 to 36 cents higher.

Dry whey up $0.01 at $0.61. One sale was made at $0.6050.

Blocks up $0.01 at $1.76.

Barrels up $0.05 at $1.86. Five trades were made from $1.82 to $1.86.

Butter up $0.0450 at $1.8450. One trade was made at that price.

Nonfat dry milk up $0.0075 at $1.5275. Four trades were made at $1.5275 and $1.53.

--Brownfield AgNews