LONDON DAIRY PRICES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20514, 15 March 1930, Page 7

LONDON DAIRY PRICES.

BUTTER MARKET DULL. NEW ZEALAND 140» TO 1425. LONDON, March 18. The butter market is dull. Danish is quoted at 1565; choicest salted Now Zealand, 140s to 1425; Australian, 136s to 138s; unsalted New Zealand, 148s to 150s; Australian, 138s to 140s. The cheese market is quiet. New Zealand white is quoted at 84s; coloured, 85s. REPORTS FROM MERCHANTS. MARKETS QUIETER AT ADVANCE. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having received the following cablegram from their London house, dated March 13: —Messrs. Samuel Page and Son report: Butter and cheese are quieter at the advance. Butter: New Zealand finest salted, 139s to 1425; Danish, 156s to ,160s; Australian, finest unsalted 138s to 140s, finest salted 134s to 138s, good_ average quality 130s to 1325. Cheese: New Zealand, white 83s to 84s, coloured 84s to 85s; Canadian, white 94s to 98s, coloured 94s to 98s; Australian, white 82s to 83s, coloured 83s to 84s.

Andrew Clement and Sons, Ltd., Auckland, have received the followed cable advice from their London office, dated March 13Butter: Steady at 139s to 141s; unsalted, 150s. Cheese is firm at 84s, coloured 85s. The Kent has arrived. Amalgamated Dairies, Limited, has received the following market report, dated March 13, from its London office:—Butter: Best, 1445; other finest grade, 141s to 1425. Market firmer. Danish, 149s f.o.b. Cheese: White, 88s; coloured, 85s. Market firm. FROZEN MEAT PRICES. QUOTATIONS FROM LONDON. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having received the following cablegram from their London house, dated March 13, regarding the frozen meat market: — New Zealand Lamb.—Prime Canterbury, 281b to 3611), 9d, North Island B|d; Canterbury, 361b to 421b, North Island Bgd; Canterbury, second quality North Island Sjjd; Canterbury, 421b to 501b, Bjd, North Island BJd. The market is weaker and the demand is limited. New Zealand Mutton.—Prime Canterbury, 481b to 561b, Bd, North Island 7Jd; Canterbury, 561b to 641b, 7|d, North Island Canterbury, 641b to 721b, North Island 6%d. The market is weaker and the demand is moderate.

Australian Lamb—Good average quality, 281b to 361b, B£d; 361b to 421b, fair average quality, 281b to 361b, 7gd; third quality, 7d. The market is very weak and the demand is poor. Australian Mutton.—Good average quality, 401b to 601b, 6£d; fair average quality, 301b to 551b, 6d. The market is weaker and the demand is poor. Beef.—New Zealand prime ox, hinds 6d, fores sid. Argentine 'chilled, hinds 7£d, fores s|d. The market for New Zealand beef is firm owing to light stocks. The demand is fair. Pork.—English, 801b to 1001b, 12d; New Zealand porkers, 801b to 1001b, lid, 1001b to 1201b, 10J,d. The market for New Zealand pork is very firm and the demand is active. DUNEDIN MARKETS. PRICES FOR WHEAT AND OATS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUNEDIF, Friday. The present fine weather is enabling threshing to be continued in all districts. It is fortunate that the bulk of wheat coming in is on a forward delivery basis, otherwise the pressure of offerings would cause a weakening of the market. Yields vary and in some instances, especially with earlier sown wheat, returns are up to those of last season. With spring-sown wheat, however, returns have not been altogether satisfactory. Viewing the position all round, indications point to a lower yield this season. Nevertheless, there should be sufficient wheat to meet millers' requirements.

Prices remain unaltered at 5s 9d for Tuscan, sacks extra, country sidings; 5s lid for Hunters and 6s 3d for Velvet. The latter variety appears to, be going out of favour and sales are hard to eSect. The importation of outside manufactured flour for mixing and other methods of manufacture have resulted in a considerably lessened demand for Velvet. The fowl wheat market remains short of supplies.* Merchants have boen endeavouring to work on a hand-to-mouth basis, awaiting the arrival of the new season's supplies, the value in Dunedin, ex truck, sacks extra, being 6s per bushel. The oat market is still weakening. This is not on account of heavy supplies, but following on offerings from outside countries. New Zealand-grown A grade Gartons are quoted at 3s 2d, sacks extra, ex trucks," country sidings, and B grade at 2s lid. The shipping price has eased to 3s lOd f.0.b., s.i., for A grade and 3s 8d for B grade. The demand for Dun oats has also eased off. The chaff market remains weak and merchants are finding it difficult to get buyers for consignments. Sales have been made at £5 10s to £6 per ton, sacks extra, ex truck. Merchants are not buying potatoes to any extent. The main crops are not yet fully ripened, but the market is well supplied, and current quotation is £6 per ton, sacks included, ex truck. STOCK SALES. VALUES AT FEILDING. [by telegraph.—press association.] FEILDING, Friday. About 14,000 sheep and a heavy yarding of store and fat cattle were penned for the stock sale to-day. The fat sheep pens were scarcely needed, as only a few lines were offered. The store sheep, mainly breeding ewes, were not nearly up to the quality yarded a few weeks ago, consequently prices were down. A few really good pens attracted satisfactory prices. Fat sheep: Lambs made 23s 9d; ewes, 16s; wethers (two-tooth), 263 lOd. Store slieep: Breeding ewes, two-tooths, really good, made 31s 2d to 31s 4d; medium, 28b 3d to 30s 9d; fair, 25s to 275; four-tooths, 23s 6d; fom and Bixtooths, 20a 3d; four and five-year ewes, beat, 23s 3d to 23s sd; good, 23s Id; medium lines, 15s 9d to 18a 10d ; five-year ewes, 13a 6d; four-tooth wethera, 24s 6d; blackface lambs, shorn, 13a Id; woolly, 8a lOd to 14s 7d; wether lambs, 10s 6d to 14s 9d; owe lambs, good, to 19s 9d; medium, 13s 6d; shorn, black-face lambs, 10s 8d to 13a 3d; shorn, black-faoe wethers, to 13s 3d; woolly, to 14s 7d; rape Inmbs, lla 9d. Fat cattle: Polled Angus bullocks, £3O 15s; Hereford cows, £6 17s 6d to £7 sa; light Polled Angus cows, £6; Jersey cows, heavy, £7 10s to £8; light, £5 7s 6d. Jersey heifer, £1 15s. Stores: Jersey cows, good, £5 12s Gd; fair, to £5: heifers, yearling, £3 16s to £4 ss; weancr heifors, to £4 Is; weaner steers, to £5; dairy springing cowb, £8 to £11; pedigreo cows, Jersey, to 10J guineas. NEW ZEALAND APPLES. Arrangements have boen completed by the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation, Limited, for rosidents of the Dominion to sond gifts of New Zealand apples to friends in Great Britain. For a moderate chargo the federation will arrange during the fruit export season for their London office to supply a bushel case, approximately 401b. not, of the finest Now Zealand apples to any address in the United Kingdom and Southern Ireland, free of any cost to the recipient.