Wool slips at Dunedin sale

Press, 12 April 1979, Page 3

Wool slips at Dunedin sale

PA Dunedin Halfbred fleece was 5 per cent cheaper at the Dunedin wool sale yesterday compared with the Christchurch sale last Friday. Halfbred skirtings fell 2| per cent but Merino fleece was firm. Crossbred oddments and crossbred lambs’ wool were back 2J per cent, and crossbred fleece, skirtings and second-shear were all in buyers’ favour. The Wool Board bid on 2.6 per cent of the offering, and bought or had passed to it 164 bales — 0.5 per cent of the total offering. The main competition came from Western and Eastern Europe supported by Japan and New Zealand mills; limited support came from Bradford mills. The limited range of fine wool was of average to good quality. The crossbred fleece was well grown and reason-

ably sound but yellowing and cotting showed in most grower lines. A big offering of crossbred lambs’ wool, was generally of good length and colour. Careless shed handling spoilt much of the secondshear and lambs’ fleece and many otherwise excellent lines would be heavily discounted in the trade for this fault, said the official report. The range of prices included.—

Extra fine Merino, 64/70s and finer: Good 265 to 276 Average 242 to 256 Medium Merino, 60s and 60/64s: Good 256 to 277 Average 241 to 255 Fine Halfbred, 58/ 60s. Good 250 to 259 Average 231 to 246 Medium Halfbred, 56s and 56/58s: Good 245 to 257 Average _■ 229 to 240 Strong Halfbred, 54s and 54/56s: J—.

Good 239 to 249 Average 223 to 238 Extra fine crossbred, 50/52c and 52s: Good 241 to 257 Average 228 to 240 Fine crossbred, 48/ 50s and 50s; Good . 242 to 258 Average 231 to 241 Medium crossbred, 46/50s: Good to super .. — to 263 Good 248 to 256 Average 230 to 245 Coarse crossbred, 46/ 48s and coarses: Good to super .. — to 267 Good . 248 to 260 Average 233 to 247 Shorn hogget Extra fine crossbred. 52s and 52/54s: Good to super .. 263 to 273 Good .. 246 to 262 Fine crossbred, 50s and 50/52s: Good to super .. 258 to 265 Good 246 to 256 Second-shear Halfbred: Good 242 to 255 Average 224 to 237 Crossbred (long) 44/ 48s: Good to super .. 269 to 274 Good 251 to 268 Average 242 to 250 Crossbred (short), 44/ 48s; —

Good 250 to 268 Average 239 to 249 Lambs' woo Half bred, 54/58s: Good 241 to 257 Average 223 to 240 Fine crossbred (long) 48/5Os and 52s: Good to super .. 270 to 275 Good 257 to 269 Average 246 to 256 Medium erosbred (long) 48/50s: Good 265 to 271 Average 251 to 264 Medium crossbred (short) 50/52s: Good 257 to 265 Average 246 to 256 Crossbred (short)! Good .. .. .. 250 to 257 Average .. .. 239 to 249 Second lambs: Good-average 228 to 199 Pieces Halfbred, 54/58s: Average-good 209 to 215 Poor-average 196 to 208 Crossbred, 46/50s: Average-good 219 to 229 Average 191 to 208 First crutchinos Halfbred, 54/58s: Average-good 200 to 210 Average-poor 169 to 199 Crossbred, 44/48s: Good .. 220 Ho 226 Average-good .. 203 to 219 Average-poor ». 186 to 202