WOOL, SKIN AND HIDE SALES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 8

WOOL, SKIN AND HIDE SALES.

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having hold their 'fortnightly sale of wool,- skins,- and-hid-es yeeterday, . whon . they: 'offered a; large catalogue of all classes to a large and representative attendance of buyers. . Prices were as follow:—Wool: Prices were slightly easier, showing a, decline o£ from par to , Jd..for fleece, and, itl.' for. cruteh'ings, as follow: J-bred, BJd. ; crossbred, 6Jd:, to 7jd.; crossbred, dead, 6Jd.; lambs, fild. to 7Jd.; lambs, seedy, fid. to 5Jd.; lambs,■-eliped,'.'BJd. 3uV"to Bid.; looks, 3d.; crutchings, 3id. to 6d. Sheepskins: Prices on a par with last sale, an extra heavy line of green realising 9s, 3d. caoh. Crossbred, 6d: 'to 7Jd'.; crossbred/ short, sd. to 5Jd.; crossbred, broken and damaged, 2Jd.. to sJd.;.dead, 4Jd.;: block, 31d.; merino, inferior, 3d. to 4-Jd.; pelts, '3Jd.'. to 4fd.; jpelts, damaged, 2id., lambs, 63d.; to. 7&'.;. lambs, inferior,; ? sd. to sJd.j crossbred, green, extra heavy, 9s, 3d.; heavy, 6s.- 4d.; crossbred,' ; damp,, heavy, ss. 3d. to '6s. 3d.; light, 3s.;,crossbred, salted, 3s.' toss. 5d.; shorn lambs, damp, 3s. Id. to 3s. 4d. Hides: Prices on a par with • last sale. No prime heavies offered;-- Calfrskius.-;realiEed.-i>-up .to. 9{d. 'Prices were as follow: Ox, heavy 6loppy, up to 6Jd. medium, 6d. to G|d.; light, 4jd. to |s}d.; elippy, 6o\v, medium, 4jd. to's}d.; cut and slippy,"4Jd.' to'- 41d.;-. dry, sd.;\bulls, 4d. to 4Jd.; slippy, 3Jd.;■ yearling, 6|d.; 'calf, best, 3d. to 9Jd.; medium, 6jd. to. 7Jd.;..inferior, sd. to Od. Horsehair, Is. sid.pcr lb.; taile, ls.2d. per doz." Tallow. In casks, 235. 9d.; in tins,- 215.; rbugh fit, 16s. ;. : ;-,

Lovin and Co. report as follows regarding yesterday's "sale:—Wβ 'offered 60 bales wool,' 2500 'skins,: 400 hides,' and '.calf-skins, and'-;a quantity.of tallow and horsehair.- There was a geod attendance of. buyers.' Wool: The. Antwerp sales. have opened ;at a decline, which had the effect of causing buyers to operate with caution, and prices were easier for wool and skins. Av"o quote: Crossbred fleece, sd.'to 7id.; lambs, '6d. to ,7Jd.;. superior, crutchings, sd.'to. sjd.; medium,-4d. to;4}d.; inferior, 3d. to id.; pieces and bellies', 2d. to 4d.; looks, ljd. to'3d.- Skins: Prices did not reach, last- sale's level by a farthing to': a halfpenny., Green skins fell id. to (M. each. We quote': Fine crossbreds, 7d. to Tja.j crossbreds, ; Gd.-to 6}d.; dead skins, 3d. to 5Jd. ; .dead, boggets,' ii. to- ;53d.; ehort. wools, 4d., to 5d.; dry pelts,' 2Jd. to :4Jd.;. green, ekius, 4s. to Gs.; lamb skins, 3s. to'.fe. 6d.; lamb pelts, Is Gd. to 2s. lOd. TalloSv: Firm. Parcels m shipping order, .£23 Ids/■'"Tins, . JJXB, to 10s.; rough fat, ,£lO to Horsehair: Is. to Is. ii. per lb.; Horns, ss. to 16s. per,hundred. Cow-tails, ls.\3d. to:Is; , 10d. per dozen. Hides: In Sympathy' with Australian markets,; hides fell. Id. to ljd; calf advanced* a '.'half penny. Wo quote: Ox hides (heavy), Gd. to 6Jd.; ox hid«s (medium), 5Jd. to Ggd.,;: ox hides (light),5d to sja.; cow hides, sd: to sld.;,cut and slippy hides, 2d. to 5d.; stag hides, 2Jd. to ill; bull hides, 2d. to 4gd. ; yearlings, sd. to Gd.; calf, best, 7Jd. to-9{d.; calf; medium, Sd., t0.7d.; calf, cut and slippy/3d. to sd.\

The New Zealand Loan nnd Mercantile; Agency.Co., Ltd., report as follows:—The eales yesterday were well attended by: buyers, and: bidding was brisk/: but at a lower range of 1 prices for. crutchings. We estimate. that pnceß; for crutchings are lower" by .id. to "Jd. per,; lb., due partly to adverse: reports cabled, concerning the Antwerp eales, and to limits for! buying orders being reduced./ Sheepskins sola well, but at slightly. lowe;; • rates than last sale .'Hides were rather.easier..'Calfskins sold, up to'9id. per lb.' Wβ,quote:—Wool: Crossbred fleeces,. Gid. to 7d.; crtssbred fleeces, inferior and seedy, 4Jd. to 6d.; lambs,:medium, 6|d. to GJd. ;• crutchings, good, 4Jd. to SSrt,; crutchings, seedy and. infonor,- 3Jd. to 4JQ.i locks and pieces, 2Jd. lb 4Jd. Sheepskins: Cr'ossbred, fine, Td.'to 7i<l.;, crossbred, coarse, sjd. to 7d.; lambskins, C}d/to 7d.; dead and faulty, 3d. to 51d.; damaged pelts, 1d.,t 0) 3d.; good pelts, id. to i\&.\ salted and damp skins, 2s. 10d. to ss. Bd. each,' Hides: Ox, medium, oid. to 6d;; light ox /and cow;. 4Jd. 'to sd. ; yearlings: ■ s!d. to sjd(; faulty ; hides, 2d. to lid.: calf,.sound, 83d./ to 91d.; calf, damaged, id. to 61<1. Tallow,/in : tins, 18s.' 6d. to 21s. od. per cwt. Horehair, Is. sd. to Is. SJd. per lb. : • ..•'.•.■:7::'V': , ' 7 v "■ "' ':•,'■ ".'

Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on; their skin sale held yesterday as follows:—Wβ offered a good catalogue to a full attendance "of buyers. ■Bidding was brisk for everything, offered. The wool ottering comprised mostly a medium selection of crutchingsj for which prices showed,a decline of about a Jd. per lb.. Skins also were slightly easier, (Especially for- inferior: eorte. Green skins wero in good demand, our top pricQ beiri? Gs. ,10d.:.for good butchers': skins. Hides hold their own, and realised lasteales prices. .Calfskins sold at 9}d- .We quote:rWool: Medium' crossbred, Gjd., to \7d.; good crutchings, 54 to 5Jd.; medium crutohines, 4\d. to '43d.j /inferior and seedy, 3Jd. t0 % 4a.; inferior pieces, 3d. to 3Jd; Skins; Crossbred, fine, 7£d.j■ medium, 7d.;, coarse, G*d.,to 6jd.; medium lanibs, 6}d.; J-wools, s]d. j J-wools. s}d • dead,/Sd. to &\&.i crossbred, ehorb and damaged, 3/d. to s]d.; pelts, U, to, «d.; .butchers' half/ dry and green, light, to ss. 7(1.; heavier, 6s. 2d; to 65,10 d. Hides: Heavy ox, medivm condition, 6Jd.; medium ox.GU. to 6'd.; -/light ox, sid. t to. s}d.;. heavy.--cows, 55d.; mqftiiim cows, 53d. to Hd.j good calf, 91d.j medium,-• GUI. to 7d.; ttamaged, sd. to s|d. Tallow. In shipping order, medium quality, 225.' Gd. per ewt, ; : j . .'.