KEEN DEMAND FOR WOOL

Chronicle (Levin), 20 March 1947, Page 8

KEEN DEMAND FOR WOOL

PRICES AT WELLINGTON SALE l

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WELLINGTON, March 19. The following official report.. on today 's Wellington wool sale was issued by 'the Wellington Wool Brolcers' Association in conjunction with the NeW Zealand Wool Buvers Association and New Zealand Wool D'isposal Commissiou: Catalogues totalling 37,545 bales were submitted to auction comprising 34,378 bales of greasy wool and 3167 bales of slipe wool. The wool generally opened up in fairly good order, but there was a proportion of tender and weather-stained clips. There were representative offerings from the Wairarapa, Manawatu, Taihape, Marlborough and Nelson distriets. Owing to postponement of the Pebruary sale the offering consisted of a fair percentage of early shorn wools- and these opened up in good condition. There was a full bench of buyers. Competition came mainly from Continental, American and local mill buyers with Bradford operating. Wellskirted good style fleece wo'ols met with a keeu demand, specially the ffner grades, whilst unskirted poorly -got-up fieece wool was neglected, buyers showing little interest in these wools. Wellgrown eoarse .crossbred wool of good style realised good prices. Bellies, pieces and necks met with very keen competition. Lambs' wool was in demand, buyers being prepared to pay high prices for good quality, local mills being prominent in the bidding. •The official range of prices is: —

d d Southdown — 4 . Good to super 26 to 28 Average 23 to 25J Inferior 20 to 21£ Fine Oorriedale and halfbred — Good to super 27£ to 28£ Average 24 to 20^ Inferior 21i to 23 Medium Corriedale and half bredGood to super 25 to 27£Average 23 to 2-4J Inferior 21 to 22 A Corriedale an'd halfbred — Good to super 24 to 25 Average 22 to 23 Fine Crossbred — Good to super 19 to 22 Average 164 to 162 Inferior 14 to 154 Medium crossbred — Good to super ...... 19 to 20 Average 16 to 184 Inferior 14 to 154 Strong crossbred — Good to super .. .. v 20 to 23 Average 184 to 194 Fine halfbred — Good to super to 292 Hogget — average .. .. 212 to "42 Fine crossbred hogget — Good to super 20 to 21 J Average 184 to 194 Inferior 16 to 172 Fine crossbred hogget (shorn). — Good to super 21£ to 23 Average 19 to 214 Inferior .. .162 to 172 Medium crossbred hogget — Good to super 192 to 202 Average . ." 17 to 18$ Lambs. Inferior 15 to 16 Halfbred and Down — Good to super to. 30J Average to 27 Fine crossbred — Good to super T to 28 Average 24 to 26 Inferior and Seedy .. 15 to IS Medium crossbred — Good to super 27 to 30 Average 22 to 25 Pieces. Inferior to seedy .... 15 to 18 Crossbred — Good to super 16 to 17 Average 142 to 152 Bellies. Inferior and seedy .. 11 to 124 Crossbred — Good to super 13 to 144 Average Ill to 122 Crutchings. Inferior and seedy . . to 11 Crossbred — Good to super .. . . .. 152 to 164 Average • 16 to 14 jh/V Locks, g ' 8 '• l&UtifN''' v Crossbred to 82