HIDE AND WOOL SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1372, 24 February 1912, Page 10

HIDE AND WOOL SALES.

Messrs. Dalgcly and Co.. Ltd., report on yesterday's sate as follows:—We held our fortnightly k:ilu of-wool.- skins, hides, ami tallow this afternoon, when we offered a catalogue consisting mostly of oddments to a. good attendance of buyers. Competition was .keen, and satisfactory prices wore obtained for all lines submitted:— Wool-Crossbred, 6Jd. to 71d.; dead. 6Jd. to 71d.; black, Cjd.; lambs, sid. to 7}d.; washed pieces, 4d. to V'd.; locks, 3d. to 31d.; crutchings, flid. well at late rates. Crosfihred, fine, 7id.; crossbred, medium, 6d. to 7(1.: half-wools, 53d. to 6d.; dead, «Jd.; broken and damaged. 33d. to 53d.; lamb-, 5d.; pelts, 35(1. to 33d.; crossbred, damp, 2s. Id. to 6s. Bd. Hides—Wore in good demand. Ox, medium, 6Jd. to 7id.; oi, cut, ojd.: cow, food, 7d.j cow, cut aud slippy, sid. to 6id., calf, medium, 83d.: to IOJd.: calf, cut and slippy, siid. to 81(1. Home, Is. 9d. per dozen.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., .report on their sale held yesterday, as follows:—We offered a pood catalogue of all classes of produce to a largo attendance of buyers. Ridding was keen for nil lolt-, and prices were firm at late rates. We quote:— Wool.—Medium croesbred, 7d. to 7Jd-; rough crossbred, 6d. to 6*d.; good lambs, 83d.; inferior, 65d. to 6Jd.: pieces, 4d. to •lid.; bellies, Sid. to 5Jd.; dead, 6d. to 6Jd. Skins—Medium to coarse crossbreds 7d. to 7id.; lambs, 6Jd. to 6id.; dead, 4;d. to 51d.; quarter-wools. 51d.; damaged and inferior, 3jd. to 5Jd.; pelts. 4d.; butchers' pelts, bare, Is. Bd. to Is. lid.; short woolled, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d.; woolly, -2s. 9(1.; lambs, 23. Id.. 2s. lid. Hides—Prime heavy ox, 73d.; primo medium ox, 7gd. to TJd.; light 01, 6Jd. to 7Jd.j medium to heavy oo\ra, 6Jd.; damaged cows, 5Jd. to 53d.; bulls, E3d.; yearlings, 7Jd. to 73d.; ordinary calf, '93d.; horee hides, lOs.j cowtails, Is. 6d.. dozen. Tallow.—ln shipping order, medium quality, £27 ton; in tins, 225. 6d. to 245. cwt.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports as follows:—Our catalogue convnrified a fair number of bags and fadges wool, a large quantity of sheepskins, and a number of hides and calfskins, besides tallow. There was a good attendance of buyers, and prices were fully equal to those ruling at last sale. Wo quote:— Wool (in bape and fadges).—Crossbred fleece, 5.1 d. to 7Jd. per lb.jlambs, 6'd- to 7sd.; dead, 53d. to 63d.; bellies aud pieces, 2£d. to 5d.; locks, 2Jd. to 3jd. Sheepskins—Crossbred, fine, 63d. to 7}d.; crossbred, medium and coarse, 6Jd. to 7d.; crossbred, short wools, 4d. to 5Sd.; dead and brokon, 2id. to s>d.; lambskins, 51d. to 6Jd.; green and salted skins, Is. 6d. to 3s. sd. oach; green and salted lambskins, Is. 7d. to 3a. each. Hides.—Ox, heavy, 63d. to 73d. per lb.; ox, medium, 6d. to 6Jd.; ox, lijht and cow, 6(1. to 7jd.; faulty hides, 23d. to 6d. ; calf, medium, - Cd. to Sid.; calf, damaged 4Jd. to 71(1.; yearlings, 6d. to Bjd.; cowtails, Is. 7d. per dozen. Tallow.—ln shipping order, 265. 6d. to 275. 6d. per.cwt.; in tins, otc, 20s. to 235. 6d. per cwt.

Tho United Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., and tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., report as follows:—Fortnightly wool, sheepskins, and hido sales wero held yesterday. Prices realised were as follows:—Wool: Lambs.'7d. to Bd.; crocfibrcd, in bags, 7d. to Bd.; dead wool, 6}d. to 7d.; pieces, 4d. to 5d.: locks, 3d .to 43d. Sheepskins: Crossbred, fullwoolled, 53d. to 6}d-; crossbred, medium, sd. to 5Jd.; short wool, 4d. to 5d.; dead and hossct, 44d. to 5?d.; damaged and broken, 3jd. to 43d. Calfskins: alodium, 7Jd. to Bjd.; inferior and cut, 4Jd. to 6id. . Ilidcs: Ox, heavy, 7d. to 73d.; ox, medium. 6Jd. to 7Jd.; ox, light, sd. to 6Jd.; ox, cut and slippy, 4Sd. to 5!d.; cow; good to medium, 6d. to 6|d.; cow, cut and slippy, .43d. to 53d.

Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co. report:— We catalogued 53C0 sheopskins, 260 hides, 30 bales of wool, and 20 casks of tallow at yesterday's sale, a large numbor of buyers being present. Competition was very strong, and prices fully maintained the level of last sale, any alteration being in favour of sellers. Wool: Orossbred, coarse, 7d. to 7Jd. per' lb.; lambs, Bd. to 9d.; locks and pieces, 3Jd. to. 43d, Sheepskins: i'ine crossbred and halfbrcd, 7d. to 7sd.; crossbred, coarse, 6id. to 7d.;. crossbred, inferior pelted. s«d. to (id.; crossbred, broken and damaged, old. to-5d.; bndly daniaecd, ljd. to 3d.: dead and hozgets, .<,'Jd. to 51d.; lambs woolly, 6d. to 6id.;. lambs, shorn, 3p.d. to 5d.; crossbred shorn, £recn, 2s. to 2?. lid. each; lambs, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 2d. enth. ■THdos: Ox, hea.vy. nono offered; ox, medium, 7d. -to 7;d. per lb.; ox. light. 61d. to 6!d.; cow, good medium, 6;d. to 6jd.; damaged, cut slippy, 4W. to £id.: calf, medium to good, 9}d. to lid.; ca.lf, damaged. 53d. to 7Jd. Tall'on: In good ord?r, 275. to 2Es. 6d. per owt.; in tins, etc., 225. to 235. 6d. per cwt.

Messrs. Levin and Company, Ltd., roport ae follows regarding yesterday's sale:—We hold our fortnightly sale to-day, when we offered a small lot of wool, OCOO sheepskins, 6CO hidos and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool.—Wool is being held for the sale on Starch 5, but tho oddmonta sold to-day showed -a decidedly lower range. Skins.—Strong competition for good torts at lwst siilo prices. Inforior skins were considerably easier. We nuoto iratfbreds and fine crossb'rods, 7d. to 7}d.; medium and coareo crossbreds, 6Jd. to 7d,; dead skins, 4Jd. to sitl.; dead hoggets, 43d. to 5d.; lamb skin.s, 51d. to 6}d.; green lambe, to 35.; green pelts, to 3s. sd. Tallow.—Firm. Parcels in shipping order, £27.105.; tins, £20 to £25: routrh fat, £18 10s. Horsehair.—ls. to Is. BJd.. Tier lb. Horin;, ss.' to 15s. per htindred. Tails, Is. 6d. per dozen. Hides.—A farthing better all round. Calfskins a. ponny easier. Wo quote:—Ox hides, heavy. 7d. to 73d.; ox hides, medium, 6*d. to 71d.; ox hides, light,. 6}d. to 71d.;.c0w hides, 6d. to lhA-; cut ,iuid lilinpy hides, 21d. to 6id.; stag hides. 4d. to 53d.; hull hides. 4d.' to 53d.; yearling.?, 6fd. to 7M.; calf, best, lOd. to lid.; calf, medium. Bd. to 9d.; oalf, cut and slippy, 5-; d. to Bd.; horse hidos, heavy, 7s. (id. to 9s. 9d.; horse hides, light, ss. to 7s. 6d. .