BUTTER MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 51, 1 March 1930, Page 10

BUTTER MARKET

DAIRY BOARD REPORTS

LONDON, 27th February. Butter.—The market is dull VwS&\, 171s; choicest salted New Zealand, 144s to 1465; Australian, 140s to 1425; unsalted, New Zealand, 160s; Australian, 140s_ to 148s - Cheese;— The market is quiet. IS ew Zealand; white, 88s, coloured, 86s; Australian, 85s; ,

The New Zealand Dairy Produce Board has received the following market report from its London office, dated 28th february, with last week's prices m parentheses:— v . Butter.—New Zealand, salted 143 ato 146s exceptional 148s (144s to 1465, exceptional 148s); unsalted, 156s to 160s (158s to 1665).. Deliveries New^ Zealand this week, 1250 tons; in store New Zealand this week, 4250 tons. Australian, salted 139s to 142s (140s to 1425), unsalted 142s to 144s (144s to 148s). Argentine, unsalted, 140s to -142s (140s'to 1445); Danish, 166s f.0.b., 172s spot (1665; 172s to 1765). Dutch, unsalted, 172s to 176s (180s to 184s). Polish, 130s to 136s (130s to 1425). ' Market slow. New Zealand retail price reduced to Is 6d. Danish, retail price unchanged, Is 9d. Cheese.—New Zealand, white 80s to 87s (86s to 87s); coloured, 85s to 86s (84s to 86s). Deliveries New Zealand this week,22,318 crates;' in stove, New Zealand this week, 78,458 crates. Australian, white 85s to 86s (not quoted), coloured Sus (not quoted). Canadian, white 90s to 100s (90s to 100s), coloured 95s to 98s (06s to 98s). Deliveries Canadian, 3343 boxes; in store, 133,339 boxes; compared . last year, 2269 boxes; in store, 70,218 boxes. English finest farmers', 112s to 120s (112s to 120s). Market quiet. Retail prices unchanged. Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Joseph Nathan have received similar cablegrams from London. '