DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1679, 20 February 1913, Page 8

DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

. (By ,TelcEraDh.-PrcEi> Aesoolntl in.) ■ Dunedln, February, 19.' , Tho third and final Duncdin wool ealcs were held tins morningi and brou£>.t for- • ward, over 7000 boles. The market showed a decrease .compared with tho corre-. sponding' solo last. year, when ' ckt-2 on , . IZ.CCO bales were submitted, The reduction waa' entirely duo to good wenther ' earlj' in:the ieaeon, 1 imnklng ;Bra?!cM rush' the wool in to catch the. high The' bulk of wool was merino from the back country, which arrived in excellent condition. There .was n, full attendance of buyers, reprcEcniiiig nil c!afd<s of'trade', and bidding from the .commencementW.-ttio end- of the .sale, was very-spirited.'.'Theive was a vlgenerab advance,' in ■ nearly. oll'>descriptions;' nibre particularly inferior and •, medium cr.ossbreds, which sold at-quitc'Sd. per lb. more than at the last pale. Ijalfbrejto wore pir to i<i,„tcMSr.jiti'lul<> merinca ••sola in. favour of there jjvas , a more [general demaMi for them. -v.'Piccc,3 and locta. came ; in -for', ar. fair j flifcro of 1 competition,, and on .tho; whole \vere 'eomcwhat flriner.;Tho .Englisiu.liuyflrs tpolt , the bulk of thi'offerings, being, tha priri- ] cipal opSrntors gcncj'.llliv while .Continental 1 buyer.? were not. ■eo ■ mivU; in e'videnco as ■ at last rale. American buyer,? were well • represented, ond .were, taking tho most, attractive of .the.. crotebreis.;. The following woro tho highost ~ prices, obtained:—Halfbrcdi 131 d.: crossbred, 13d.: merino; Hid.; pieces; lliil. ■. As ; comparo/i,'with last'-sea-, eon, the rango of priCes'waG'as follows:— ;' 11 , February, February, ' . .' .1913. 1912. ; d.'-! d. d. Super' lmlfbred 13 ,tojl3i ■,'..11 , '.t0 12 Medium to good .103 : to;!21 • . 9Mo 101 Inferior 9 -to-103-. ,71 to 81 .Buper crossbred, 12. tot 3 101 to 111 Medium to . good.lo. to 111.- , ,8} to; 10 Inferior '81 to ~9V ... 63 to. 73 . Best merino, 11 ;'to 11V* 1 ' Medium to good 10 to 113 ' 'Jl to 9J Inferior •• 9.t0 '9V 1 7 to il Super lialfbredß pioces 101 to 111 — •Medium to good :81 to' 91 . . — -liforior '- ••■••••• 8 . LoCks ............... 4 .to, 6-. —