Cash dairy prices were mostly mixed Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.68. No sales were reported.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0025 to $1.4325. Five sales were recorded ranging from $1.43 to $1.4325.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.4750.

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