WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1563, 5 October 1912, Page 8

WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

e • Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Limited, renurt:-At our fortnightly auction sale yenterday afternoon we offered a good catalogue of wool skins, hides, and tallow. All lines met with keep competition from the ropra-:entativos of tin, trudc. I'rlcei' for wool and hides were firm, and on a par with last sales' rates, while fine and medium crossbred skins advanced Id. in value. Wool: Crutchings, good, Sid. to 63d.; crutchings, medium, s!d. to'6il.; crutchings inferior, 4d. to 5d.; erossbreds, dead. 7.1 d! to BJd. Sheepskins: Crossbred, fine, BJd. to 83d.; croi-sbrcd, medium, 7Jd. to B<d.; halfwools, 7d to 71d.; quarter-wools, 6d. to 6Jd.; crossbred, short and inferior, 4.U1. to 6Jd.; pelts, 4d. to 5d.; crossbred damp. 4s. 7d. to 7s. lid. each. Hides: Qx, heavy, Bd. to BJIJ.: ox, medium, 7id. to Bd.; ox, light, 7id.; ox, cut and slippy. 5Jd. to 6Jd.; cow, heavy, 7Jd.; cow, medium, 63d. to 7Jd.; cow, cut and slippy, 5 3-Bd. to 63d.; calf, good, 11 3-Bd. to 12d.; calf, medium, 83d. to 9Jd.; calf, inferior, 43d. to Sid. Tallow: In tins. 235. to 24». per cwt.; in casks. 235. 9d. to 28s. 6d.; In sacks, 13s. 9d. Sundries: Lpwtails, Is. 6d. per dozen; rabbitskins, Is. Ml. per lb.

Jicssrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—Wc offered a fair catalogue of all classes. Prices wore 011 a par with last quotation. Wool: Good crutchings, 6Jd.; medium crutchings, 611. Skins: Halfbred, 8.? d.; medium crossbred, BJd. to Bid.; coarse crossbred, Bd. to 8!d.; dead, 6»d. to 63d.; half-wools, 7d.; lambs, 63d.; short and inferior, 43d. to 61d.; half-dry skins, 6s. lOd. to 7s. 7d.; heavy, Es. 6d. to 95.; lambs. lOd. Hides: Medium ox, 72d. to Bd.; light. 7',d.; heavy cows, 7d. to 7Jd.; badconuitioncd cows. 63d.; cut cows. 6d. to 6Jd.; best calf. lid. to 11 3-Bd.: ordinary calf, lCd. to IOJd.; inferior, 6 3-Bd. to 7f,d.: yearlings, 6Jd. to 63d.; horse hides, inferior, 6s. ™„ f a " ow t etc: In shipping order, pood, £28 55.; in tins, good, £25 55.: inferior, il9 to £21 lCs.; rabbitskiiK, Is. 6d. per lb.; cowtails. Is. 7d. per dozen. J JI i?S. r3, Lcvin and Co - "Tort:—Wc offered 1500 sheepskins, 500 hides and-calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. Bale wool is being kept for the flrnt sale Aovciubcr 5. Wool: Only bag wool offering, which sold at last quotations. Skins: Market liriu at late rates with keen competition. Halfbreds and fine erossbreds, Bd. to 83d.; medium and coarse erossbreds, 7d. to Bd.: quarter to half-wools, 53d. to 73d.dead skins, 4Jd. to 61d.; lamb skins, s}d. to (id.; green skins, 6s. '.A. to 9s. Id. Tallow: ;rirm. Parcels, in shipping order. £28 lCs.; tins, £20 to £25 155.; rough fat, £20. Horsehair, Is. to Is. Bid. per half lb. Horns, ss. to 21s. per hundred. Tails, Is. Bd. per dozen. Hides showed an advance of Jd. por lb. Calfskins, firm at full rates. Ox hides, heavy, 7.U1. to BJd.; ox hides, medium. 7d. to Bd. ; ox hides, light, 6ld. to 72d.; cow hides. 6d. to 7 3-Bd.; cut and slippy hides, sid. to 6 3-Bd.; stag and bull hides, sd. to 53d.; yearlings, 7>d. to 9d.; calf, bevt, lZd. to 13Jri.; calf, medium, lOd. to lid.; calf, cut and slippy, Rid. to BJd.; horse hides, heavy, Bs. 6d. to 14s. 6d.; horse hides, light, ss. to 9s. 3d.

Messrs. Murray, Ebberts, and Co., Ltd., report:—Wc submitted a catalogue of 10 bales of wool, 3500 sheepskins and 603 hide.s and calfskins. Prices were exceedingly firm, and sheepskins showed an adJ vancc of par to a farthing per lb. over last sale's figures. Hides were ill strong demand at prices ruling one-eighth to one farthing per lb. above last sale. Wool was in very limited quantity and fully sustained late values. Wool: Crossbred, rough, 7d. to Bid. por lb.: crutchings, 5Jd. to 63d. Sheepskins: Merino, s!d. to Bd.; half bred and superfine, Bd. to 9d.; crossbred, medium to tine, Bid. to 03d.; crossbred, coarse, 7id. to BJd.; hoggets ami lambs, 6.', d., to Bd.; dead crossbred and hoggets, sd. to 7d.;.crossbred damaged and inferior, 3d. to 6id.; short wool and pelts, 2Jd. to aid. Hides: Ox heavy, 7»d. to B>d.; ox medium, 7>d. to 7/, d.; ox light, 7d. to 7id.; cow heavy, 7d. to 7Jd.; cow medium, 7d. to 7irt.; cow light, 7d. to 7 3-Ed.; cut, slippy, and inferior, 4Jd. to 61d.; bulls and stags, 43d. to 6d.; calf, best, 12d. to 12 3-Bd.; calf, medium, lCd. to lliid.; calf, damaged, 3d. to BJd. Tallow: Cit'ks, 275. to 275. 9d. per cwt.; tins, 255. to 255. 9d. per cwt. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Deduced, report:— There was a good attendance of buyers. Tallow was in demand. Very little wool was catalogued, as the crutchings arc now nearly all marketed. London wool sales now taking placo continue to show a hardening tendency, consequently tho few lots offered here" fetched good prices. Wool: Crossbred stragglers, medium and coarse, 7id. to 9d. per lb.; crutchings,clean and light, Cld. to 6Jd.; crutchings, medium, 53d. to Girl.; crutchings, seedy, Ed. to SJU.; pieces and bellies, 41a. to Gd.: locks, 3d. to 41(1.; dead, 6d. to Bd. Sheepskins: Merino, none offered: crossbred fine, 7.1 d. to 9d.: crossbred, medium, Sd. to BJd.; crossbred, coarse, 7Jd. to 8(1.; erossbreds, short, sd. to 62d.; crossbred, dead, Sd. to 6Jd.; crossbred, green, 4s. to Bs. 6d. each. Hides: Ox. heavy, 7£d. to B?.d. per lb.: ox, medium, 7Jd. tov7ld.; ox. light. 6Jd. to r 7d.; cow, 61d. to Vld.j calf, best, lOd. to 12d.; calf, medium, 85d. to 93d.; calf, damaged, 2»d. to Ed. Tallow: In casks, 275. 6d. to 28s. 9d. ner cwt.; fat, in tins and boxes, 20s. to 265. per cwt. Tiabbitslrins, 12d. to Is. 6d. per lb. Horsehair, 12d. to Is. Bd. per lb. The United Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., and the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd., report:—Wool: Crossbred, fine, 7Jd. to 91d.; inferior and seedy, 4d. to 61d. Sheopskins: Half bred full-woolled, 7Jd. to 9d.; crossbred full-wooll-ed. 7d. to Bd.; crossbred, short-woolled, 5 J d. to 6Jd.j crossbred inferior and dead, 4Jd. to sld. Hides: Ox, medium. 7d. to 73d.; ox. light, .6rt. to 7d.; cow, 6d. {o 63d.; cow, cut and slippy, 5Jd. to 6d.: calf, superior, lid.; calf, good, 93d. to' lid.; calf, cut and slippy, Bd. to 9d.