RISING MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 14

RISING MARKETS

BUTTER AM) CHEESE

OFFICIAL REVIEW

The Dairy Board, by arrangement with the Marketing Department, reports that at the close of business in London on Saturday the New Zealand butter market was slow, as it was for the week before.

Prices quoted for salt Lutters, with those for the week before, were: —

.May 27. .lime 2. Per cwt. I'm cwt. Sow Zealand . IDS/- to 110/- 11-1/-Australiau .. 107/- to 10S/- 112/Jianish, spot . Ill)/- to 120/- 122/Polish 101/- to 102/- lO'i/- to 100/Dutch 101/- 110/Irish — 113/-

Prices for unsalted butters are as follows:—New Zealand, 115s to 116s per cwt; Australian, 113s to 114s; Dutch, ]08s to 110s; Lithuanian, 110s .to 112s; Polish, 105s to 109s.

The Marketing Department's advices 'state that the New Zealand butter market is quieter at the end of the week. The Danish butter market is firm. The market for New Zealand cheese was advised as "firm/ Wholesale prices for cheese compare as follows: — Ma.\ 27. June 2. Tor cwt. Per cwt. X.Z. white and coloured . . 50/- to 52/- 52/6 to 53/Austr.'ili.'in — White 'IT/- to JO/- ■ — Col mired . \\/- to 411/- — <":in;nli:ir., while n:ul coloured 71/- to 73/- "V- to 72/----!)l(i season Canadian . — S2/- ---| South African — 51/6 to 52/0 Kn;;lisli tarnics1 filu-st . 00/- to 100/- flO/- to 100/English farmers' cheese market is quiet. RETAIL PRICES. New Zealand buttei and cheese are reported by the Marketing Department as is id ncr lb for butter, ..nd 6d per 1b for cheese.