HIDE AND SKIN SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1764, 31 May 1913, Page 8

HIDE AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows on ye'stcr.day's sale:—Wo hold our fortnightly auction sale this afternoon, when wo offered a few oddments of wool In addition to tho usual quantities of skins, hidca and tallow. Tiicro was a good at-

tsndanco of buyers and. prices for wool, skins and hides were firm at last sales' rates. Quotations:—Wool (oddments only): Crossbred, 83d. to 9d.; crossbred, inferior, ( 7d.: dead, 7d. to Bid.: locks, 5d.; crutehings. sd. to 7£d. All bales wool and crutehings are being hold for our special : eTutching sale on Juno 13. Sheep£ikiu3: Crossbred. medium, 74d. to Bid.; crossbred, inferior, 63d. to 7Jd.; hoggets, 7id. to BJd.; half-wools. 6?. d. to Bd.: auartcr-wools, sxd. to 7id.; lambs, 7d. to Bid.; pelts, sid. to 53d.; crossbred, damp, 4s. 7d. to ss. Bd.: crossbred, ealted, 43. lid. to 6s. 2d. HJdeß: Ox, heavy. B*d. to 82d.; ox, medium, 7*d. to 81d.; ox, light, 7nd.: cow. medium, 7id. to 73d.; cow. light, 7fcd. to 7^d.: yearlings. 7d.; bull. 6d. to 6 5-Bd.: calf, good, lid. to 12£ d.; onlf, rut. Bid. to 9d.: calf, inferior, 6d. to 7M. Tallow: In tips. 225. 6d. to 255. 6d. per cwt. Ruudries: Horsehair, Is. 9id. per lb.: cowtails, Is. Bd. per lb.: horsetails, lOd. er ll) - , « , ,j ' Messrs. Murray, Itoborts, and Co. held their fortnightly s-alo yesterday, and offered a. catalogue of 25 packages of wool, 9150 sheepskins and 550 hides, as well as oddments of tallow, rabbitskins, etc. Tho bidding was spirited for all lots offered. On account, no doubt, of tho largo offering of sheepskins, there being several loto containing over 700 skins, in cach, tho firm cmoto truces for medium lots par to id. abovo last sale. Damp and salted -sold exceedingly well, owing, aa stated above, to tho larso lines offering. Hides sold up to last sale's quotations, except stout heavy ox, which wero a trifle easier in tone. Prices nuoted a.ro: —Wool, crossbred fleece, Sid. to 93d. per lb.; lambs. 92d ;to 10Ad. per lb.; pieces and dead (bags), 42d. to 7id. per lb. Sheepskins; Crossbred, medium to fine, i Cid. to 82d. per lb.; crossbred, coarse 1 medium. BSd. to Bid. per lb.; crossbrcdi (Uiarte.r to half-wools. 73d. to Bd. per lb.; crossbred, do., inferior. 53d. to 7id. per lb.; orosebred, dead and -damaged, 4d. to 71(3. per lb.; lambs, medium to good, Sid. to Bid. per lb.; lambs, ohort and seedy, 63d. to Bid. per lb.; pelts (seconds), 4d. to 6d. per lb.; crossbred, damb, 3s. 6d, to 7s. 4d. cach: crosfibred, ealtwl, 3s. 7d". to 7s. 6(1. cach: lambs, salted. 3s. to 3s. 6d. eaeli. Hides: Ox, stout. 73d. to 82d. per lb.; ox, medium, 7J(I. to 81d. per lb.: ox, light. 71d. to Bd. per lb.; cow, good. 7*d. to 72a. per lb.; cow. medium, 7!d. ta 7£d. per lb.; dam» I v aged and inferior, 41d. to 7d. per lb.: calfskins, medium to good, lOld. to 11 3-Bd. per ) lb.; calfskins, iufcrior, 5Ad. to 7d. per lb. Rabbitskinc?, Is. to Is. o}d. Tallow: In <>a«k«, to 28e. 6d. per cwt.; ixl tins, 225. lo 245. 6d. per cwt. ITie first orutching • solo for 1913 will bo held in conjunction with tho fortnightly sale on Priday. Juno

13. Jtcs=rs. Abraham find Williams report as followsAt Uio usual fortnightly ealc wo offered a pood catalogue of oil classes of produce. Prices wero very firm at late rates, damp and salted butchers' skins bcin- in strong demand. Bas wool, Touch croeebrod, BM.; lambs. 83d. to 10d.; d«id, Vld to Bd.; pieces. 61d.: crutchmss. 7Sdv Skins- Fine crossbred, 83d.: medium crossbred. Old.; half-wools, 73(1. to VJ.-, merinos. 8d • dead. 6>(l. to Yi-tl.: shorts and inferior, 3id. to 51d.; lialf-wools. salted and damn. 6s Id. to 6s. lid.; smaller, 4s. 6d. to.ss. 6d.: lambs, 4s. 6d.; rnbbitskins, mfor"> r ' 83d. HMos: Medium to heavy ox, 85(1. to 83(1.: licht ox, Bd.: medium to lieavy cows, V?d • li"ht cows, 7Sd.; damancd cows, bia. to ',I:'bulls, 5Jd.; skies. 6f,d.: yearlings. 7?, d.: ordinary coif. lOd.: damaged, 7Jd. to BRd.; rowtftil*. Is. 84. nor dozen: horsehair. is. gid. per lb. Tallow t In tins. Rood. £1 ss. 6d. Messrs. Levin and Company, Ltd., report ns follows regardine yesterday's ealo:~V\ o held our fortnißht.lv s*Uo whc " we offered 3000 sheepskins. 600 hides and calfskins, and a nuantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool: Sold on a par witn last wool sales. Wo nuoto:—Fine and medium ciyie'bTCil. 9»fl. to 10Jd.: coarse c.rcosbrcd. BJd.ta 93(1.;" inferior and dinsty crossbred, lid to 84t1.: pieces, 4}d. to 6id.; locks, Id. lo 5d.: lambs, 7id. to lOd.: crutclunqs, irood, G>d ; crutchings, scconrt. 65d. Skins: Market very firm at last solo rates. Wo alio to —Holfbreds anil fme cros=brods, Btd. to 9(1.; medium and coarse crofshrodfi. old. to B'd.: auarter to lmlf-wools. 6d. to Bd.; dead skins SW. to 7»d.; lamb skins, 6d. to 85d.: dry pelts, 4Jd. to 63d ; creepi skins,ss. 3d. to 7s. 5d.; proen lambs, is. 6d. to .ss. 1 Allow: Firm. Parcels, m flluppin? order, £ t 8 ?s • tills. .€2O to £25 55.. ro"tth fat. £19. Horsehair, la. to Is. 9}d. per lb. ITorns. ss. to 17s 3d- per hundred, lails, la. Bd. per dozen. Hides; Sold well at last rale rales. We fiuote:—O.v h dee (heavy). Bid. to BM.; «%idc« 'rnodinm). Sid. to 83d.: oj ' hides 'lirUU. 73(1. to 8(1.; cow ludc;. lid. to 8(1.: i'ii; end rfipn.v hidsj. fid. to 7Jd.; stoe and h,ill hidrs s*d. to 6*, d.: yearlings, 6d. to ? 0 • calf. best. J Id. to 12d.: <xilf. iirl"-o 11(1 : calf, cut nnd slippv. 6d. to »«'• horse hides (heavy), &*. 6d. to Us. j(l.:' horse hides (lieht), 53. to 9s. Tin New Zealand' Loan and Jfercantile .wnev Co.. LUI.. report on tlieir ealo yes'erdav:—Tlic sale was wel attended by « Wo offered ft fairly lorso oataand found -competition lively. Wool tnd skins sold at a sliirht advance on last •ale's; prices, and hides were about ifl. lb. Muter. On Juno 13 tho Associated IVooibroliers will hold tho first sale of rutehin::s of tlio season, .when it is ex■ictcd that Rood priccs will be forthcomJ Ve quote-.-Wool, in bars: Coarse .ro shred. fitrnßKlcrs. OA. to 9 lambs, id to 9id-; locks and pieces, sid. to 7}d.: 'rutehinm, 5Jd. to 7d. Sheepskins: Crossiwd. fine. S3d. to 9id : crossbred, coarse. 'srl to Bid.: crossbred. medium. 81(1. to 7d*- crossbred, lambs. 8(1. to 8 l (l.; crossId, broken and (lead. 53d .to 7(1.; crossircd, pelts to half-wools. 61(1. to P(l. Hides: . hMvy, BSd. to 9(1.: or. medium and &W 73(1. to 83d.: cow. 73(1. to 8(1.; dam.iV hides, 6d. to 7»d.: calf. Found, IM. to o-i . damaged. 55(1. to 9M. Tdllow: ■t! cask's. 28s. to 28s. 6d.: in tiiiß, 18s. to 5". 9d. Tho United Famiors' Co-operativo Aegoiiition Ltd., 011(1 the Waimrapa Farmere* ii operative Association, Ltd., report ub v= —FortiiiKhtly sales of wool, sliceiikins, "hides, tallow etc., were held yestcrjiv l'ricca ruled as follow:—Wool: Roiurli roV,-brcd. 8(1. to 9i(1.: criitchincfi, (rood, id'"to 8(1.; ci-utcliines, seedy and inferior, d to 7d- Sheepskins: Crossbred, mediuni, Id to 83d.; cro=sbre(l. ouarter to half--nAlled 7(1. to Bd.: crossbred, (lead and nterior. sd. to Vd.: peltfl. 5(1. to 6(1. Hides: K- medium. BJd. to 93(1.: cow. eood. 7?jl. to d . cut and slippy. 6(1. to 71(1.; calfskins, lediuni. 10(1. to 10id.: calfskins, inferior,