DAIRY MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 16

DAIRY MARKETS

BUTTER LESS ACTIVE

CHEESE POSITION STEADY

$he Dairy Board's weekly cablegram to■fhy reports the London butter market us "tfesiy for salted, but the demand is less ■•stive. The cheese market is steady. Retail prices for New Zealand butter, average fldt per Ib, and for New, Zealand > cheese 6d^ Danish butter is selling retail at Is. Putter prices are as follows: — Per cwt. New Zealand, salted ........ 72s to 73s New Zealand, unsalted 72s to 76s Danish., spot ' 90s — Australian, salt and uusaltcd .. 70s to 72s Argentine, unsalted C6s to 68s South African 60s to 69s Dutch, unsalted 92s to 96a Latvian, unsalted 74s to 75s Lithuanian, unsalted ". , 71s to 72a One shilling per cwt extra may be added to New Zealand and Australian top prices for special lines. Per cwt New Zealand cheese, white 41s to 42s New Zealand cheese, coloured . 47s to 48s Canadian, white 62s to 68s Canadian, coloured ....'. 64s to 68s Australian, coloured 40s — Stocks of- New Zealand and Australian butter compare with those held at this time last year are as follows: — . ' May 5,11)33. May a, 1932: Tons. Tons. New Zealand 8318 5750 Australian 4800 1630 ?- Total, tons 13,118 7400 The Empire Marketing Board's estimated stooks of all butters is 984,277 boxes, compared with. 529,065' boxes last year. Cheese stocks, are" as follows: — Mayo, Mays, • . . 1933. 1932. New Zealand, crates ..124,172 83,758 Canadian, boxes 74,000 85,000 The Dairy Board is also advised that "wholesale prices for butter in New Yoi"k are 22% cents per ]b, and in Montreal 22% cents. •. , . .-. . ... A. S. Paterson .and Co., Ltd.Vh^ve re-, ceived cable advice' from J." arid'J.Lons-, dale and Co. (London), Ltd.,-aB. follows:4----"Biitter: Market quiet. New Zealand, 73s %o 74s per cwt; Australian^ 725. \ Cheese: "White, market slow, 41s per cwt; coloured, market firm, 475."