WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 7

WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—We held our fortnightly auction 6alo yesterday afternoon, when wo offered the usual quantities of ekine,. hides, and tallow, in addition to a few oddmentß of wool. Tho attendance of buyers was small, and, as a result, competition was not very keen, prices were firm at )as,t sale's rates for wool and sheepskins and calfskins, but or hides showed a fimllno of id. per lb. Wool (oddments only):—Crossbred fine, lOd. to 101 d.; croßsbrcd medium, Bid. to 9Jd. ; lambs, 7jd. to 93d.; dead, Bid. to 9a.; pieces and bellies, 53d. to 7td.j locks, Sd. to 5Jd. Sheepskins: Crossbred fine,-Bid.; crossbred medium, 7d. t0.81d.; crossbred, inferior and damaged, 4Jd. to 6id.; pelts, 4Jd. to 6id.; lambs, 6d. to 7jd.; dead, 6d. to Cid.;. pelts, salted, 2s. M.'each. .Hidcß: Ox medium. Bid. to 8 3-Bd.; ox light, Bid.; cow light, 7id. to Bid.; cow, cut and Blippy, 6gd. to 71d.; on, cut and slippy, 6Jd. to 7 3-Bd.;-calf, good, 11 Jd. to 13jd.; calf, cut and slippy, 5Jd. to lid. Sundries: Horsehair, Is. 6d. per lb.; cowhair, Bjd. per lb.; tallow, in ting, 21s. 6d. per cwt. ' Messrs. Murray, Koberts, and Co., Ltd., report:—We offered a, catalogue ot Kfl hides and 250 calfskins yesterday to an average attendance of buyeno. Owing to tho scarcity of- room in store on account of the late wool solo, we were unable to show skins, and these are held over for sale on January 24. Prices, were'.not' so full as of late, and may be quoted a halfpenny lower for hides, damaged and slippy hides selling correspondingly lower. Calfskins were.a 6ltade easier also.- Ox hides, heavy, Sid. to Aid. per lb.; ox hides,, medium. Bd. to Bid.; ox hides, light Bd. to 8 3-8d.;oow-hides, heavy, Bd. to B}d.; cow hides, light and medium, Bd. to 8 3-Bd.; damaged, cut, and 6llppy, 53d., to 73d.; calfekins, good, modium, 93d. to 12Jd.; calfskins, damaged,' sd. to 9d. Tallow, in tins, 235. 6d. per cwt.; in casks, 255, 6d; to 27b.' per cwt. ■ ..,'■:

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, and Beducca, report as follows:—We held our usual fortnightly rale yesterday, when wo offered a fair-sized catalogue of hens wool, sheop. Bkins, hides, and tqllow. There was a fair attendance of buyers, and pricC3 wore about on a par with last salcß.' we quotes-Wool: In bags and dumps—Crossbred fleeco, Bid. to 9Jd. per lb.; clean lambs, 9Jd:;- Eccdy lambs, 4d. to sd;j first pieces and - bellies, 6Jd, to:-7id.; locks and scebnd pieces; 4}d. to 6d.; dead wool, to, 81d. Sheepskins: Half bred and'fine crossbred, BSd. to 83d. i medium crossbred, Od: to Bid.: coan-e crorabred, 7jd. to Bd.: dead and damaged, 41d. to-7d; Hides: Cow and light ox, 7id. to 7Jd.: damaged hides, 6Jd. to 7d. j - calf, medium, 10 Jd. to lid. j calf, damaged,-5Jd, to 7 3-8 d: Fat: In tans, 18s. 3d.; to 245. 3d. per/.ewt. ' .