WOOL, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 19 June 1909, Page 8

WOOL, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALES.

Messrs. Dateoty .and Co. report on their wool, Judo, and tallow 6ales, lield yesterday, as follows:—Wool.—Market firm, with a slight advance. Crossbred, Gd*. .to BJd.; lambs, 6d. to lid.; pieces, 3Jd. to 51d.; crutchings, id. to Gd.; looks, 2d. to' 2id. Sheepskins.—Prices snowed an advance of about 3d. per lb. Crossbred, fine, 7d..-to 71d.; medium, Gd.-to shorts, s.id. to 51d.; broken, 3d. to 5Jd.; pelts, to 4Jd.; hoggets, GUI. to 7id.;. shorn hogshowed an advance of about per Id.. Crossbred; dainty 3s. sd. to 6s; -id.; crossbred hogSejs. damp, '4s. sd. Hides.—Heavy 1 sorts were slightly ■ easier,' but calfskins showed on advance of id. to jd., realising as high ns 'OJd. No prime heavies ottered. Ox, lieayy, Gsd. to GJd-; medium, s}d. to GJd.; light, sid.'to"Sid.; ,cut, ; sd.- to. 55d.; slippy, ifd. to 5Jd.; cow, medium, 'sid. to 5Jd.; cut, i<d.; dry, i}d. to ild;; bull, Md.;'yearling, CJd.; cut and slippy, 4|d. to 51<3.; calf, best, 9d. to 9?d.; medium, 7jd,; inferior, -ijd. to 53d.; horse Tiides, 6s. 3d. each; cow tails, Is. 9d. per doz.; horse-hnir, Is. id. per lb. Tallow.—ln casks, -235. Gd.; in tins ahd kegs, 20s. 3d. to 21s. Gd.; rough fat. lis. • • .

Messrs. Murray, Roberta and Co. report: — We-offered a catalogue of 100 bales -wool, 3000 sheepskins, and 300 hides yesterday. There was a good attendance of buyers, who bid keenly for all lots of wool and skins, prices for which were }d. to Id. above last sales' rates. There was an, easier tono in the market for heavy hides, medium and light-weights being about on-a par. with last sale. A good offering .of crutchmgs. elicited very keen competition. Prices currailr'are quoted as below:—Wool.— Crossbred, fair condition, 7id. to 8!d. per lb.; crossbred, inferior, wasty, G~!d. to'Gjd:;. lambs, clean, 7d. to Sd.; lambs, seedy, wasty, sjd. to GJd.; crutchings, best,, 5Jd. to Gd.; crutchings, medium, ijd. to 5Jd.; crutchings, - inferior, seedy, 3sd.' to 4d.; pieces, id. to sid.; locks, 2Jd. to 3Jd." Sheepskins.—Halfbrcd -and 'fine' crossbred, Gjjd. to BJu.; crossbred, medium, 53d. to 7{d.; 'crossbred, coarse, 5Jd. to 7}d,; lambs, superior, fine, ; 71d. to,'.Bld.,Mlambs, "medium, coarse, GJd. to 7}<l.; lambs, chart,. inferior, id. to. 53d.; dead and hoggets, 3Jil. to 53d.; badly damaged, JJd. to Id.; green and damp, at each, 3d., to 65.; salted, at each,'3s. 3d. to ss. Gd. Hides.—Ox, heavy, GJd. to C£d:; ox, medium, 53d. to GJd.; ox, light, 5Jd.-to 5Jd.; cow, medium, sJd'. to Gd.; cow,- ordinary, 5Jd. to 5Jd.; cow, light, 51d. to '5!d.; cow, do., ordinary, 51(1.' to 5Jd.; bulls and stags; id. to ljd.; calf,' damaged," id to 53d.; colt, best, ,Bd. to 9d.; calf, fair,, ordinary, ,G*d. to ' 7Jd. Tallow.— Tins, 18s.. to. 225. Gd.. per cwt.; casks, 235. ..to 2s. Od. .per-, cwt. ' ' ...

Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., report:—Wo held 6,ur' fortnightly, sale yesterday, when, wo olferedMa bales wool, 2SOO. skins, 600 hides and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair., There was a good attendance of buyers, and bidding v;as very spirited'for everything offering. Wool—Tlio catalogue was largely composed of crutchings, which met With strong demand and sold at. ..very satisfactory prices. We quotoCrossbred fleece, sd. t0,72(1.; lambs/ Gd. to 7Jd.; superior crutchings, sd, to sjd.; medium crutchings, 4d. to 4Jd.; inferior crutchings, 3d. to ii.; pieces and bellies, 2d, to 4d.; locks, lid. to 3d. Slcins—Market very stroiig and advanced a halfpenny. We ouote:— 7id.; dead skins, 3d' to' s}d.; dead hoggets, 4d. to Gd.; short - *ools, 4d. to lid.; dry pelts, 21d. to lid.; green skins, 4s. to 6s. 2d.; lambs' skins,-3s. to 3s. 3d.; lambs' pelts, Is. Gd. to 25.. 9d. Tallow—Firm. . Parcels in. shipping order, *£24; tins, .418 tt> ,£2O 10s.; rough fat; .£lo' to ,£ls. Horsehair; Is. to Is. id. per.-lb.v.lTprns, ss. to 16s. per 100. ' Cowtails, Is. -3d.- to Is. lOd. per dozen. Hides— Steady...Gpoa7competition,! but - the ,'late, high prices , were.'not maintained. Marlcet for' oi was a farthing lower,, light remained steady, calf advanced a halfpenny. We quote:—Ox hides, heavy, 6|d.\ to 73d.; ox hides, • medium, Gd. to GJd.; ox hides, light, sd. fo.Gid.; cow hides, sd. to s|d.; cut and slippy hides, 2d. to 5d.; stag hides,-2-Jd. to 4Jd.; bull hides, 2d. to 43d.;. yearlings, sd. to C!d.; calf, best, 7Jd. to Old.; calf, medium, sd. to 7d.; calf, cut and. slippy, 3d. to 5d.,

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, Ltd., report as follows:—WoolCoarse crossbred, GJ. *to 7-Jd.; crossbred, inferior and seedy,■ 4Jd. to Gd.; lambs, medium, Gid. to 7id.; crutchings, good, sd. to 5Jd.; crutchings, seedy and inferior, 3.1 d. to 41d.;' locks and pieces, 21d. to 3id. Sheepskins—Crossbred, fine, 7d. to 7id.; crossbred, coarse, Gd.'to 7d.; lambskins,' 61a, to 7id. ; dead and faulty skins,-3d. to 5Jd.; damaged pelts, Id. to 3d.; good pelts, 3J3. to 4|d.j salted and damp skins, 2s. 9d. to 6s. sd. each. ' Hides.—Ox, medium, 'Sid. to Gj'l. per lb.; cow and light ox. sd. to 53d. ; faulty hides, 2Jd. to 4Sd.; calf, sound, 7Jd.' to 9d.; calf, damaged, 4d. to 7d. 'Tallow, in tins, 21s. '9d. per cwt. Horsehair, to Is. 6d. per lb. Messrs. Abraham and Williams report on their salo .as follows:—We submitted a large catalogue to a full attendance of buvers, who competed keenly ,for all lots offered. Damp skins wero in good demand at greatly increased prices. We* quote:—Crutchings— Seedy - and vasty, 4id- to 5Jd. Skins—Dry quarter-wools 5Sd. per lz.; half-wools, G!d. to 7d.; crossbred 5 d. per lb.; half-wools, fijd. to 73d.; dead skins,' sjd.; damp skins, ss. 7d. to 6s. to 6s. 3d.; green skins, ss. Bd. Hides—Heavy hides wore a littl easier. Ox, medium, 61d. i. light. 6d. :to' 6jd.; cows, heavy, 5Jd.; medium and light, 5Jd,