BUTTER AND CHEESE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 905, 24 February 1930, Page 10

BUTTER AND CHEESE

DAIRY BOARD’S REVIEW The New Zealand Dairy Produce Board lias received the following market report from its London office, dated February 21, prices for the previous week being given in parentheses: Butter New Zealand: Salted. 1445, 14Gs to 148 s a cwt (150 sto 1525); unsalted, 158 sto 166 s (164 sto 1725). First whey, 138 s (1425); second whey. 136 s (140 s). Deliveries; New Zealand, this week, 1,316 tons; in store, New Zealand this week, 4.141 tons. Australian: Salted: 140 s to 1425, exceptional 144 s (146 s to 148 s); unsalted, 144 s to 148 s (146 sto 1525). Argentine: Unsalted, 140 s to 144 s (146 s to 148 s). Danish; F.0.b., 166 s (1695); spot, 172 s to 176 s (177 sto 178 s). Dutch: Unsalted. 180 s to 184 s (184 sto 188 s). Polish: 130 sto 142 s (136 sto 1425). Market steadier at slightly reduced prices. New Zealand retail price: Expect reduction to Is 6d on Monday. Although supplies in sight for the next few months are more than last year, and notwithstanding general subnormal trad© ponditions, in our opinion prices for remainder of season should average not less than the present level. Cheese New Zealand: White, S6s to S7s (90s); coloured, 84s to 86s (SSs to S9s). Deliveries New Zealand this week, 17,707 crates; in store, New Zealand this week, 4G,544 crates. Canadian: White, 96s to 100 s (96s to 100 s); coloured, 96s to 9Ss (96s to 98s). English: Finest farmers’, 112 s to 120 s (112 s to 120 s). Market slow. Retail prices unchanged. Merchants’ Reports Merchants report receipt of overseas cables as follow: Amalgamated. Dairies, Ltd., from its London house, under date February 22. —“Butter: Market closed steady after activity. Practically no finest now obtainable under 14Ss. Danish, 174 son the spot. Cheese: Prices unchanged, with improving demand.