BUTTER AND CHEESE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 431, 13 August 1928, Page 12

BUTTER AND CHEESE

OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS Under date August 10 the London office of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Control Board cabled as follows (last week’s quotations are given in parentheses) : Butter New Zealand: Salted, 182 s to 184 s; exceptional, IS6s (ISOs to 184 s); unsalted, 186 s to 190 s (186 s to 190 s); deliveries, New Zealand, this week, 740 tons; in store, 5,600 tons. Australian; Finest salted, 168 sto 172 s (168 s to 1725); unsalted, 178 s to lS2s (172 s to 1765). Argentine: Finest unsalted, 168 sto 170 s (170 s to 1745). Irish creamery: Salted, 176 s (174 s to 1765); unsalted, 180 s (17Ss to 180 s). Danish: Spot, 182 sto 184 s (182 s); f.0.b., 178 s (1765). Dutch creamery: Unsalted, 176 s to ISOs (176 s to ISOs). Esthonian: Salted, 170 s to 172 s (170 s to 1725); unsalted, 172 s to 174 s (172 s to 1745). Latvian: Salted, 166 sto 170 s (168 sto 1725); unsalted, 170 s to 174 s (170 s to 1725). Siberian: 156 s to 158 s (156 s to 158 s). Ukranian: 164 sto 166 s (164 sto 1665). Polish: Unsalted, 154 sto 156 s (150 sto 1545). Lithuanian: Salted 1525; unsalted, 164 s (156 s to 1645). French: Unsalted, 158 s to 1645; French, baskets, salted, 152 s to 160 s (150 s to 160 s). Market steady, retail prices unchanged. Cheese New Zealand: White and coloured, Ills to 112 s (Ills to 112 s); deliveries, New Zealand this week, 1,300 crates; in store, 45,500 crates. Canadian: White and coloured, 110 s, up to 112 s (IOSs to 110 s); c.i.f., 108 s. Australian: White, 110 s to Ills; coloured, 109 s to Ills. English: Finest farmers’, 12Ss to 130 s (126 s to 130 s). Market firm, retail prices unchanged. North American Prices The board has also received advice from its agents in Canada as follows: Butter; New York, 46i cents (Is teral. 38i cents (Is 9,|d). Merchants’ Reports Merchants report receipt of overseas cables as follows: Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., from their London House, dated Saturday: Butter: Prices unchanged, Anchor 186 s; better tone and improving demand. Danish, 183 s at spot, 178 s, f.0.b., Stocks cleared. Deliveries of New Zealand, 744 tons; stock, 5,66 S tons; retail prices unchanged. Cheese: Ills to 112 s; market firm. Canandian, 110 s up to 112 s on the spot; 108 s c.i.f. Retail unchanged. Argentine shipments during week to United Kingdom totalled 75 tons. It is reported that prospects are favourable for increased production. Canadian stocks on August 1 were estimated at 2,000 tons short, as compared with stocks at the same date last year. United States stocks were about 10,000 tons short. Joseph Nathan, from their London principals, Ferguson and Nathan: Butter, lS4s; cheese, 112 s; markets quiet.