BUTTER AND CHEESE PRICES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 December 1927, Page 12

BUTTER AND CHEESE PRICES

AS AT 25th NOVEMBER, 1927. Previous week’s prices m parenthesis :— BUTTER. New Zealand: Salted 172 s to 1765, according to grading date, up to 178 s to 180 s (172 s to 180 s); unsalted, 188 s to 192 s (188 s to 190 s). Market quieter. Australian: Finest salted l , 172 s to 176 s (172 s to 178 s); unsalted, 184 s to 188 s (184 s to 186 s) Argentine: Finest unsalted, 170 s to 176 s (167 s to 1745). Irish: Creamery, salted, 172 s to 1745; unsalted. 178 s to 180 s (not quoted). Dutch: Creamery unsalted, 202 s to 206 s (202 s to 2045). Siberian: Salted. 158 s to 160 s up to 162 s (156 s to 1625). Danish; 204 s to 208 s (208 s to 210 s). Retail prices unchanged. CHEESE New Zealand: New season white, 100 s to 102 s; coloured, 99s to 101 s (97s to 100 s); old season’s matured, white and coloured, 101 s (Io3s to 104 s). Market firm. Better demand. Canadian: Finest white and coloured, October make 102 s to 104 s (102 s to 104 s); September. 104 s to 106 s (106 s Practically no c.i.f. business passing. English; Finest farmers’. 126 s to 130 s (126 s to 130 s). Retail nrices unchanged. Port Caroline damage involves damage involves 30,700 boxes butter, about 700 orates cheese. Underwriters selling on behalf of consignees, adjusting the difference between sale and sound value on tile usual basis. The New Zealand Dairy Produce Board has received the fallowing advice from its agent in Montreal: — Butter: Montreal, 37J cents (1/6 7-8 d); New York, 51f cents (2/lJd) Cheese: Montreal, 191 cents (9 o-8d). TOTAL CANADIAN EXPORTS OF BUTTER AND CHEESE. May Ist to Bth October. 1927 -. 5101 boxes of butter, 706,773 crates of cheese. May Ist to Bth October, 1926: 112,796 boxes of butter, 916,773 crates of cheese. Decrease: Butter, 107,695 boxes (95 per cent.); cheese 210,000 -rates (22 per cent.).