DAIRY MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 106, 8 May 1933, Page 9

DAIRY MARKETS

EUTTER LESS ACTIVE. CHEESE POSITION STEADY. The (Dairy Board's weekly cablegram on Saturday reports the London butter market as steady for salted, but the demand is less active. The cheese market is steady. Retail prices for New Zealand butter average 9d per lb, and for New Zealand cheese 6d. Danish butter is selling retail at Is. Butter prices are as follows:

The Dairy Board is also advised that wholesale prices for butter in New York are 22$ cents per lb, and in Montreal 22j cents. A S. Paterson and Co., Ltd., have received cable advice from J. and J. Lonsdale and Co. (London), Ltd., as follows:—“Butter: Market quiet. New Zealand, 73s to 74s per cwt; Australian, 725. Cheese: White, market slow, 41s per cwt; coloured, market firm, 475.” Messrs. Samuel Page and Son report under date of May 4:— Butter: Market quiet following active demand. Danish, 95s to 96s (90s to 98s); New Zealand finest salted, 72s to 74s (67s to 695); Australian finest unsalted, 72s to 74s (67s to 68s); Australian finest salted, 70s to 73s (66s to 68s); Australian G.A.Q., 68s to 69s (62s to 645). Cheese: Market quiet following active demand. New Zealand white, 41s to 42s (37s to 38s); New Zealand coloured, 47s (43s to 445); spot price for Canadian white, 62s to 68s (62s to 68s); coloured, 64s to 68s (64s to 68s). (Last week’s quotations shown in parentheses). LONDON RETAIL PRICES , The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has been advised by its London manager that the following retail prices were being quoted for New Zealand lamb and mutton retailed in London during April, 1933. These prices represent a fair average of the prices quoted by the better class shops in London for the best quality of New Zealand lamb and mutton: —New Zealand lamb: Legs, lOd per lb.; shoulders, 9d; loins, 9d; necks, 4d; breasts, 3d; forequarters, 7d; hindquarters, 9d.

New Zealand mutton (wethers): Legs, 8d; shoulders, 7d; loins, 7d; necks, 3d; breasts, 2d.

Per cwt. New Zealand, salted .. . .. 72s to 73s New Zealand, unsalted 72s to 76s Danish, spot 96s — Australian, salt and nnsalted . . .. . . .. , .. 70s to 72s Argentine, unsalted .. , .. 66s to 68s South African . .. 66s to 69s Dutch, unsalted .. .• .. 92s to 96s Latvian, unsalted .. . . , .. 74s to 75s Lithuanian, unsalted .. , .. 71s to 72s One shilling per cwt extra mav bo 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 .. .. 62s to 68s Australian, coloured .. .. 46s ■ — Stocks of New Zealand and Australian butter compare with those held at this time last year as ? is follows:— May 5. 1933 Mav 5, 1932 Tons Tons New Zealand .. .. 8318 5750 Australian 4800 1650 Total, tons, .13,118 7400 The Empire Marketing Board’s estimated stocks of all butters is 984,277 boxes, compared with last year. 529,965 boxes Cheese stocks are as follows:— Mav 5, May 5, 1933 1932 New Zealand, crates 124,172 83,758 Canadian, boxes .. .. 74,000 85,000