WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1204, 12 August 1911, Page 13

WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

4 . , Messrs. Dalgety end Company, Limited, report:—At,our fortnightly sale of wool, skins, hides, and tallow yesterday afternoon, .we offered a full catalogue of all classes to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was exceedingly keen for all lines submitted. Wool: The market was firm for all classes, except for crutchinT», which were slightly easier. Ilalfbred, Eli.; crossbred, 6d. to 7Jd.; crutchings, <3d. to 61d.; lambs, 7Jd.; locks, 3d. to 3Jd.; dead, sd. to 71d.; washed pieces, 45d. to 6}d. Sheepskins: All damp and salted skins, especially the latter, showed a marked advance on prices ruling at last sale. Crossbred, 6d. to 7d.; half-wools, 5Jd. to 6d.; nnarter-wools, 5d.; lambs. 53d. to 7d.; pelts, 3Jd. to 4d.; crossbred, broken and damaged, :? d. to s£d.; crossbred damp, 3s. 6d. to ss. 9d.; crossbred salted, 3s. Id. to 53. lCd.; lambs salted, 3s. 6d. to 6s. 6d.; Ilalfbred saHted, 4s'. 3d. to 6s. Id. Hides: There was a slight advance on last sale's rates for all eiod wcll-couditioncti hides Ox heavy, 7!d. to 73d.; .ox medium, 7d. to 7id.; ox light. 6'd. to 6?d.: cow medium, 63d. to 7d.; cow cut. 5?d.; bull. sgd.; stag, sid. to siid.; yearling, 7d. to 7W.; calf good, 9Jd. to 93d.; calf inferior. 4Jd. to 6Jd.; horse hides, 0< 3d. to 13s. 3d. Tallow: In shipping order. 255. 6d. to 265. 9d. per cwt.: ill tins, 235. 3d. per cwt. Horsehair, Is. 2d. per lb. Oowtails, Is. sd. per dozcu. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their sale as follows:—We offered a good catalogue of all classes of produce to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was good for everything offered, aud prices were on a par with last sales, oxcept skins, which were a littlo easier. We nuoto:—Wool: liough crossbred, 63d.; dead wool, sd. to 7'd.; good crutchings, 5Jd. to 53d.; medium crutchings, 5d.; seedy, 4Jd. to 4Jd.; pieces, 4d. to 4Jd.; Lincoln slipo, Hi. to 8cl.; seconds, 72d. Skins: Medium crossbreds, 6£d.; half-wools, 63d.; quarterwools, 4}d. to 43d.; dead, 43d to sid.: shorts and inferior. 3Jd. to 33d. Hides: Medium heavy ox, 7i!d. to 7£d.; light ox, 6Sd. to 7d.: medium cows, 6i!d. to 6*d.; light, 6d. to 6»d.; stags, 5W.; best calf, 9.3d.; ordinary, 6id. to 7d. Tallow: In tins, 20s. to 235, per cwt.

Messrs. Levin and Company, Limited, report:— We offered 30 bales of wool. 1300 sheepskins, 200 hides ■ and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and -liorsshair. Wool: Market steady. Good crutchings, 53d. to 61d.; medium crutchings, sd. to SiA.; seedy and inferior crutchings, 3Jd. to 42d.; medium crossbreds. 7d. to fljd.; inferior crossbred, 6id. to 7d.; pieces and bellies, sd. to 5Jd.; locks, 3Jd. to ijd. Skins: No clianee. Ilalflireds and fine crossbreds, 63d. to 71d.; medium and coarse crossbreds. 6d. to 63d.; dead skins, sd. to 53d.: quarter to halfwools, Aid. to S2d.; dead hotrgcts, W. to 5'.d.; dry pelts. lOd. to Is. 3d.; green skins, 3s. 7d. to 7s. Tallow: Easier. Parcels, in shipping order, £26; tills, £22 to £23; rouirh fat, £16 to £19 IDs. Horsehair, Is. to Is. 6d. ner-lb. Horns, ss. to 13s. 6d. per hundred. Tails, ■ Is. Bcl. poi' dozen. Hides: Eagerly sought after and strons competition.

Iloavy and mediums Bold at 3-Bd. advance Ox hides heavv, 63d. lo Bd.; ox hides medium, 61d. to 7gd.: ox hides light. 6d. to 62d.; cow hides, 6d. to Hi.; cut and Blipny / hides, 2Jd. to 6gd-; stag hides, 4d. to 6£d.; bull hides'. 3d. to S?,d.; yearlings, Bid. lo 7d.j calf best, Bd. to Bgd.j calf medium, 7iL to Bd.; calf cut and (dippy. 4d. to 03d.: horse hides heavy, 10s. to 12s. bd.j Jiorw hides light, 6s. to 10s. Messrs. Murray, Roberts, and Co.. Ltd., report:—Wo offered yesterday a catalogue of 30 hales wool, 60GO sheepskins, and ESO hides and calfskins to an average- attendance of buyers. Hidding was well sustained, and prices paid fully canal, to lata rate?. There was exceptional animation in the competition for best lots of skins and hides, aud wo realised the top price of the day for one lot of stout hides--o- - at Md. per lb. Wool: Crossbred llcecc. 7d. to Bd. per 11).; pieces, 3Jd. to 43d.; crilt-'h-ings medium. 5Jd- to 61d.: crutchimts heavy, inferior, and seedy, 334- to <ld. Sheepskins: Half bred and fine thrcc-ounr-tcr-brcd, 63d. to 7»d.; crossbred, 53d. lo 7(1.; crossbred quarter to half-wools, 43d. to W.i , hoggets and lambs, 53i1. to 63d.i dead and inferior lots, 3id. to 5Jd.; damaged, 21d. to 4d. nides: Heavy ox. 71(1. to 8!d.; medium ox, 6Jd. to 7d.; light ox, 61d. to 63d.; ox, dirty and off-colour, 52d. to 6'd.; heavy cow, 6Jd. to 7d.; im'dium cow, 6Jd. to 63d.; light tow, 61d. lo 63d.; cut, slippy,, and inferior, 2id. to 3d.; calfskins good, Bd. to 91d.; calfskins medium 7<l. to 73d.; calfskins large, 6d. to 7id.; calfskins cut and damaged. 2Jd. to 53d. Tallow: In tins, 225. 6d. to 235, 6d. per cwt.

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows:—At our sale yesterday we offered a fair-sized catalogue of wool, consisting mostly of crutchings, and a large nuantity of skins, hides, and calfskins. TScrc was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was keen. Skins, if anything, were a littlo easier. Wool: Crossbred stragglers' fleece, 6'd. to 74d. per lb.: crossbred lambß, 75d.; crossbrjd crutchings medium, 5Jd. to 53d.; crossbred crutchiugs inferior, 33d. lo 4(d. Sheepskins: Crossbred wooly. Old. to bid.; crossbred half-wools, 6d. to 6id.; dead and faulty skins, 3id. to sJrt,j green and Baited ■skins, 3s. 3d. to 6s. each. Hides: Ox heavy, 7d. to 7Jd. per lb.; ox medium and light, 6Jd. to 6id.; cow heavy. 6Jd. to 7d.; cow medlian and Light, 3d. to 68d.; faulty hides, 22d. to 5Jd.; calf sound, Bd. to BJd.; calf faulty, 33d. to 6d. Tallow: In tins. 18a. to 235.-6 d. per cwt. The United Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd.. and the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd., report as follows:—"The fortnightly wool, sheepskuiß. and hide sales were held yesterday, at which the following prices were realised :- Crutchings dean, sd. to 53d.; heavy coudition, 4>.d. to Ed. Sheepekins: Good crossbred, 6"ld. to 63d.; medium, 53d. to.6Jd.! hogget and dead, 63d. to 6d.; short to t'lrcc-qnarter-wooL Id., to 5d.; seedy and Inferior,'3Jd. lo 4Jd. Hides: Ox, sjd. to Hi.; cow, s{d. to 6d.