OFFICIAL REPORT OF BROKERS

Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1947, Page 8

OFFICIAL REPORT OF BROKERS

(Speeial Correspondeiit.) AVELLNGTON,- J;ui. (3. j i , The follDwing oflicial report has been I issued by the WeUIngtoit Woolbrokers' Association in co%iunction Witli the New ;Was-%ei(l to daT Avm® c fft afo*gii es"" t ot a I " iing 30,000 bales were suliinitted "to auetioh. These compi'ised 20,(580 bales , of greasy, 335 of hlijie, 75' of scoured and 210 of stock avooIs. The offerings coiisisted of wools ffoin the Wairarapa, Manawata, Rangitikei, Marlborough and Nelson districts. Clips from Wairarapa opened up -fairly bright while those from (Manawata ami Rangitikei were showing; the ell'ect of the climatie conditions experienced during the late winter. There was a good attendanco of buyers and competition was keen, -especiaily from Continental operators with good support from Bradford and local ntills bidding keenly for wools suitable to theif requirements. A fe'ature of the sale Was the keen competition and the prices realised for Well-grown medium to coarse erossbred. WOols. Bellies, pieces and nceks met keen competition but with restricted limits. Lambs tnet with exceptioitally keep competitipn tliroughout. Following is the ofiicial range of prices: — Southdown, good to "isuper 2t3id to 2SJd, average 2*54(1 to 264d, ex-fine Corfiedaie a.Verage 254d; fme forriedfele and half-bred,. .avhrage 234d to 25d; medium Corriedale and half-bred, average 23d lo 2*7 Jd; fme three-"quatter-bred, good to'miper 24.1(1, average T9|d to 2.1|d, inferior 183.(1 ; ex-Ilne c-rossbfed, gdO*d to super 24|d to 2S-]d, htyrhge 19ld to 23d,- inferior 17.1(1 to 1 9|ii/ fme erOflSbred, good to super 22(1 '1-0 26 4d, average 19'ld to 21 d, inferior 15id to 17|d; medium erossbred, good to super 22-ifl to 2'0|d, average 1 9 .1 d to ' 214d, inferior T6il to 19(1; strong erossbred good tt) super 24|.d to 251d, average I9d to 19|d; halfbred hogget, hverage 201 ; fme eross-hogget, good to super 203d to 2Hd, average lOJrl to 20|d> inferior l'84d; fme eross-hogget (shorn.), good "to super 21 kl to 24:fd. iveragc 19d to 20|d, inferior lfifd to ; Ditd; inedium cross-hoggct, good to ' super 21d to 23|d, average ,19-^d to 20 Jd, iafefidr .13 Jd to 183d; medium crosshoggbt, aVerkge lt>ld to 19fd; lambs, fine erossbred '224 d to 25|d, average to 224d, iaferior and seedy 18|d

to 19d; medium erossbred, good ta : super 23L1 to 261(1, average 2ii:[d to 223(1, inferior and seedy 15d to I8|d; -pieces, halfbred, average to good 144 to .154(1, erossbred, good to super 144*1 | to 163d, aqerage 134(1 to 14](1, inferior and seedy 1 04 d to 11 J (1. *-v' ■'