WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1180, 15 July 1911, Page 8

WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—Wo held our usual fortnightly sale of wool, skins, hides, and tallow yesterday. Thero was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was keen. Wool was easier in sympathy with London market, but bright clean crutchings were keenly competed for at late rates. Ilnlfbred, M.: crosbred, medium, 6td. to 7id.; lambs, 6Jd.; crutriiingG, good, s}d. to 6'd.; crutchings, inferior, 4Jd. to 5d.; bellies and pieces, 3Jd. to 5d.; locks, 3d. to 4d.; scoured pieces, 7d.; scoured locks, 63d.; washed pieces, I'd. Sheepskins: ilalfbrcd, 6d.; crossbred, sjd. to 6*d.: half-wools, 53d. to 6Jd.; quarterwools, 4Sd. to 5!dl; dead, 4}d. to 5d.; lambs, 62d. to 63d.: broken' and damaged, 33d. to 53d.; pelts, 33d." to 3Jd.;, lialfbred, damp, 4s. 10d.; crossbred, damp,'3s. Cd. to 6s. lid.; crossbred, salted, 4s. to 4s 6d.; lambs, salted, 2s. Hides: Firm, good, stout hides fetching high values. Ox. heavy, 73d.; ox, medium, 6d. to 7Jd.; ox, slippy,-55d. to 53d.; cow," medium, 62d. to 6Jd.; cow, cut and slippy. 4Jd. to 5Jd.; bull, 4?, d. to 5Jd.; yearling, Csd.; horse, cut, Bs. 3d.; calf, good, 7d. to 93(1.; calf, inferior, 2d. to 6d. TallowIn shipping order, 255. 6d. to 26<s. 9d.; in tins, 2.55. 9d.j rough lal, 21s. 3d. Horsehair, is. 4d. per lb.

Messrs. Abraham .and Williams, Ltd., report:—We offered a good catalogue of all classes of produce to a good attendance of buyers. Everything sold up to last sale's rate except .crutchings, which declined 3d. to Jd. per lb. for the best quality. Woolflood medium crutchings, 5.! d.. to 53d:; inferior, 43d. to 5d.; dead wool, 7d.; inferior dead, sd.j. pieces, 4}d.; locks. 31d. SkinsMedium crossbrcds, 7d.; coarse crossbred, 6Jd.; half-wools, 6d. to 6id.; quarter-wools, sd. to 53d.; dead hoggets. 5d.; lambs, 6Jd.; dead, s*d.; short and inferior, 4d. to 4Jd.; butchers, half dry and green heavy, 6s. to 6s. Id. to 7s. lid.; medium weights,,ss. 6d. to ss. lOd.; light, 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d.; lambs, 2s. lid. to 3s. 7d. Ilidcs: Beavy ox, 7id.; medium ox, 7}d.; light ox, 6gd. to 6gd.; heavy cows,. 6jd.; light cows, 6Jd.: yearlings, CJd. to 7d.; calf skins, 75(1. TallowIn tins. 23?. 6d. 'to 2"s. 9d. per cwt.; in shipping order,' '265. 6d. to 265. 9d.

Jtessr?.' Levin and Company, Limited, report:—We held our'fortnightly sale yesterday, when \vc' offered 50 bales of wool, 2500 sheepskins, 450 hides and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool: Notwithstanding the fall in London, crutchings fairly held their own, showing occasionally a farthing fall. Vi'o quote:— Good crutchings, 53d.- to 6Jd.; medium crutchings, sd. to 5Jd.; seedy and inferior crutchings, J'd. to 5d.; medium crossbred, 7d. to Bd.: inferior crossbred, 6Jd; to 7d.; pieres and bellies, sd. to 5Jd.; looks. 3*d. to 4>d. Skins—No change. We quote: Ha'lfbrcds and fine crossbreds, 7d. to Vid.; medium crossbreds, 6d. to 7<1.; coarse erossbreds, 6d. to 6Sd.; dead skins, sd. to sjd.; dead liogsets, •Id. to 5d.; quarter to halfwools, 4Jd. to 6Jd.; dry pelts, ltd. to Is. Id.; green skins, 3s. 7d. to 6s. 7d.;'lamb skins,

2s. Cd. t-o 6s. 4d.; lamb? pelts, 2s. to 3s. Tallow—Steadv. Parcels in shipping order, .€26 155.; in tins, £22 to £24 rough fat, £16 to £21 10«. Horsehair, Is. to Is. Ed. per lb. Horns, ss. to 13s. 6d, per hundred; tails, Is. Bd. per dozen. Hides—Strong at higher prices. We quote: Ox hides (heavy), G3d. to 73d.; ox hides unedium), 6Jd. to 7d.j ox hides (lightl, id. to Old.; cow hides, 6d. to 62d.; cut and slippy hides, 2?d. to s£d.; stag hides, <d. to std.; bull hides, 3d. to 5Jd.: yearlings, 5Jd. to 63d.; calf, best, Cd. to 9id.; calf, medium, 7d, to Bid.; calf, cut and slippy, 4d. to 62d.

Messrs. Murray. Roberts and Co., Ltd., report:—We offered to-day 98 bales of wool, 3060 sheep skins, 130 hides, to an average attendance of buyers. The wool consisted mainly of crutchings, aud many of the lots were seedy and locky, only a small' proportion being of medium to good quality and condition. Sheep skins are now coming in with bclk-r lengths of wool generally, and fewer short wools arc apparent. Notwithstanding the easier tone of the current London sales, prices ruled very firm, at about last sale's rates, and the tone of tho bidding showed confidence right through the sale, ilides sold, if anything, at higher figures. Wool; Crossbred, rough. coarse, 6id. to 7j'd. per lb.; pi-eces and bellies, 22d. to sid.; crutchings, good light, fid. to 6Jd.; crutchings, medium and short, 5Jd. to 52(1.; crutchings, seedy and heavy, 4d. to. sd. Skins: Fine .crossbred?, 7d. to 7Jd.; cross* breds, Cd. to 6;d.; erossbreds, short wool. 4Jd. to sid-» hoggets, -sld. to 6£d.; dead and inferior pelted, Sld7 to sjd.; broken and inferior, 2Jd. to 4d. Hides; Ox, heavy, 7Jd. to 72d, per lb.; ox, medium, 6id. to 7d.; ox, light, 6jd. to 6Jd.; cow,, good medium and heavy, 6>d. to 6?d.; row, light, 6Jd. to 6*d.; damaged, cut and slippy, to SJd. Tallow—Tins, 225. to 245. per cwt.; casne, 275. to 275. 6d.

The United Farmers' Co-operative Association. Limited, and the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., report as follows:—Our usual fortnightly sale was held yesterday, prices ruling as follow:— Wool: Crutchings, 4Jd. to 6d.; fleece, 7d. to Bd.; locks, 3id. to 4}d.; pieces, 4d. to s£d. Sheepski-us—Fine crossbred, 6id. to medium, 6d. to 6sd.; half-wools, 6*d. to 6d.; dead hogget, 5Jd. to 6d.; pelts, s£cl .to <d. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., t Ltd., report as follows:—In sympathy with the drop in priccs in cur-rent-London sales, wool was lower by Jd. per lb., than prices recorded at. our last local salc3. Sheepskins were not 1 so much affected, and sold well up to last sale's rates. Hides and tallow were in good demand, and firm at low rates. Wc quoto:— Wool: Crossbred fleeco stragglers, 63d. to 72d. per lb.; crutchings, good, 6d. to 61d.; crutchings, medium, <?d. to s*d.; crutchings, seedy, to 4}d. Sheepskins*-' Woolly crossbred?, 6Jd. to 63d.; half-wools, 6d.-to 6£d.; quarter-wools, ssd. to 53d.; hoggets, 6Jd. to 63d.; dead and faulty, 2d. to 5Jd.; green and salted, 3s. Bd. to ss. 9d. HidesOx, medium and light, 6Jd. to 7d.; cow, 5Jd. to 6iUI.; faulty hides, <d. to s£d.; dry hides, 2±d. to 6d.; calf, sound, 7£d. to 7gd.; calf, damaged, 4d. to 6*d. Tallow; In tins, 235. to 235. 9d. per cwt.