Values Improve At Wanganui Wool Sale
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wanganui, May 5. Tlie following is the official report of the Wanganui Woolbrokers5 . Association: — "The final sale of the season was held today before a full bench of buyers. The offering comprised 9057 bales of new season 's wool and 15,652 bales of stock wool. Competition was keen' and well spread and at times bidding was very animated. On the average, compared with our March sale, prices were seasier but showed a definite unprovement on recent saies in other een.tres. The ofljering comprised some very attractive binned wools made up of lines of good fleece, lambs, necks, beilies and pieces, but as usual in the iinal .sale of the season, a large quantity )f oddments was included. Practically th.e whole of the offering was sold at auction. The only lines passed were those earrying growers ' reserves. The joiri t organisation did not take a!ny wool. Southdown:: Good to super to 394d, : good 33d to 36|d, agerage 25^d to 31£d, ' inferior 19jd to 21d. Fine Down x: Good to super 35d to 36 ld, average to good 25d to 31d, inferior to 18d. Ex fine x-bred: Good 30d to 324d, average 22£d to 28d, inferior to 16£d. Fine x-bred: Good to super 28d to 301d, good 23§d to 25d, average 204d to 23id, inferior 12d to 134d. MeJ. x-bred: Good 194d to 2Id, av-' erage,164d to i94d, inferior lld to 154d. Strong x-bred: Good 184d to 20d, . average 17d to 184d, inferior, 14d to 16d. Fi*e x-hogget: Good to 244d. Fine x-hogget (shorn): Good 28Id to 33d, average 224d to 24Jd. Lambs (Down x): Good to super 27di to 34|d, average I9d to 264d, inf4fipa*; and seedy 13 id to 184d. ' j Lambs (x-bred): Good to super 25d: to 27.id, average 18fd to 244d, inferior! I4d to 154j, heavy seedy 84d to 12d. Necks: Good 18d to 19|d, average 16d to 17|d, inferior and seedy 12id to 15d.Pieces: Good 16d to 18^d, average 14il. to 154d, inferior and seedy ll^d to 13|d. Beliies: Good 14d to 15Jd, average 124d to 13^d, inferior and seedy TOid to ll£d. Locks 74d to 12|d.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 May 1949, Page 6
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359Values Improve At Wanganui Wool Sale Chronicle (Levin), 6 May 1949, Page 6
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