PRICE OF BUTTER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 3 August 1937, Page 4

PRICE OF BUTTER.

N.Z. AT HIGHEST LEVEL. LONDON MARKET STEADY. A further advance of 2s a. cwt last week brought tho Loudon pries of New Zealand butter up to 118 s to 119 s, the highest level reached this year. According to cable advice supplied by the Primary Products Marketing Department to the Dairy Board, the market closed steady on Friday, Quotations were as. follow, thoso for the previous week being shown in parentheses: New Zealand. —Salted, 118 sup to 119 s (116 s to 117 s; a year ago, 116 s); unsalted, 119 sto 120 s (117 s; a year ago, 117 sto Salted. 117* to llffcs (115» to 116 s); unsalted. 117 sto 118* 015 sto 116 s). Irish.— Creamery, salted. 119* (117 s). Danish.—lo4s f.0.b.; 124 s spot (104 s; 124 s). Dutch—Salted. Ills; unsalted, 112 s to 114 s (Ills to 113 s). Lithuanian. —Salted, 115 s (115*). The retail pries of New Zealand and Danish butter is unchanged at Is 2d a lb. Deliveries of New Zealand butter las week totalled 1930 ton*, and of Australian 1218 tons. Tho quantity of New Zealand butter in store was 5503 tons, as again* 4974 tons a rear ago. Australian butter in store was 5108 tons, as against 2728 tons a market was steady,. Friday s quotations with those of the Previous week in parentheses being as follow: Now Zealand. —White, 75s (74s to 74s 6d; a year ago. 62s to 62s 6d); coloured, 72s (71s 6d to 725; a year ago, 61s to Ois White and coloured, not quoted (white. 72* t 0.73.; Canadian.—White. 72s to 74*. 72s to 73s 6d); coloured. 735. (725) ; c.i.l, 70s (71s); old season's white, 80* (80s). English—Finest farmers. 84* to 88s, r.etory cheese. 70s to 73s 6d (70s to 70s 6d).