WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1812, 26 July 1913, Page 10

WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

AND OPOSSUM SKINS. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Litaitod, report:—We held our fortnigfotly sale of wool, skills, hides, and tallow yesterday afternoon, wliem we offered a good catalogue of all lines to the usual attendance of buyers. Competition was keen and prices all round were on a par with those ruling at last sale. We also offered a quantity of opossum skins, which wo sold at <ui all-round price of 9s. each. Wool: Crutchings, sd. to 6Jd.; crossbred, BJd.; dead, 53d. to 7id.; pieces, sd. to 6id.; locks, 4d. Sheepskins: Crossbred, Bd. to 83d.; half bred, 83d.; half-wools, 7Jd. to 7Jd.; quarter-wools, 61d>. to 63d.;. lambs, 63d. to 73d.; hoggets, 6id. to 73d.; pelts, 2{d. to 4Jd.; crossbred damp, at each,-3s. lOd. to 6s. 6d.; crossbred, ealted, at cacli, 43. Id. to 7s. Id. Hides: Ox,, saomd, Bd. to B£d.; cow, good, 7}d. to 73d.; cow, medium, 63d. to 7Jd.;ox, cut and slip,'63d. to 7id.; cow, cut and slip, 6J-d. to 63d.; bull, 5Jd.; calf, good, 9id. to IOJd.; calf, cut and dip, 6d. to Bid. 'Hallow: In shipping order, 275. 9d. per cwt.; an' tins, lte. to 245.;. in. sacks, 17s. to 19s. Horse oil, Es. per owt.; horsehair, Is. to Is. Bid. per lb. Rabbitskins, Is. 3d. per 4b. Cowtails, Ib. Bd. per dozen. Messrs. Levin and Company, Limited, report:—We oiferod 2000 sheepskins, 400 hides and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair, Wool is being held for tho sale on August 8. For skins, the market was a farthing easier-a drop of a halfpenny to three-farthings being reported from London yestettlay. Halfbreds and fine crossbfedG, Ed. 'to Bid.; medium and coarse crossbreds, 7Jd. to 81d.; quarter to lialf-woole, 63d. to 73d.; dead ekine, sid. to 63d;.; lambskins, 6d. to Bd.; dry pelts, 4Jd. to ssd.; green, skims, ss. 3d. to 7s. 6d. Tallow: Firm. Parcels, in shipping order, £28 65.;-tins, £20 to £25; rough fat, £19. Horsehair, Is. to Is. Bd. per lb. Horns, ss. to 17s. 3d.' per hundred. Tails, Is. Bd. per dozen-. Hides: Ox heavies down 3-Bd.; medium, gd.; cows, firm at slight advance. Ox hides, heavy, Bd. to B§d.; ox hides, medium,, 7Jd, to 7gd.; ox hides, light, 73d. to B}d.; cow hides, 7Jd. to 7gd.; cut and slippy hides, 6d. to 71d.: etag and bull hides, 5Jd. to 6|d.; yearlings, 6d. to 7|d.; calf, best, lid. to ilid.; calf, medium, 9Jd. to lid.; calf, cut and slippy, 6d. to 9Jd.; horse hides, 13s. 6d.

Tho Sew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, report:—ln view of the London ekins' sale held this week showing a drop of Jd. to 3d. per lb., prices hero were rather lower than last sale's rates, bat wo made a good clearance at satisfactory prices. . Only bag wool was offered yesterday, nil balo lots being held over for special sale next month. We offered a, good catalogue of sheepskins and hides. Wool, in bags: Crossbred flcsco, Bid. to 9|d.; crossbred, dead, 6d. to 7{a.; locks and pieces, 4Jd. to Bd.; crutchings, good 7d. to 7id., soedy sd. to 6Jd. Shcepi skins: fine crossbred, Bsd. to 83d.; medium crossbred, Bd. to BJd.; coarse crossbred,7Jd. t»Bd.; lambs, 73d. to BJd.; brokemand dead, 5Jd. to 63d.; pelts to half-wools. 6d. to 7id. ; green and ealted, 4s. to 7s. 6d. Hides: Ox, hea.vy, none offered; light medium, 7Jd- to Bd. j cow, 7Jd. to Bid.; damaged Sides, sd. to 7d.; calf, sound, 10d. to lid.; calf, damaged, sd. to 9jd.; yearlings, 6id. to 7>d. Tallow, iii casks, 25a. to 285.; fat, in tins, 17s. to 255.; rough fat, 18s. to 20a. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—Our offering of skins was 30CO, of which about 1500 wore saJted. Competition was good for all lots, but prices for skins were rathor oasior, owing to the adven-a cabled reports on the London sales. Hides wero firm at lost ealo'e prices. Bag wool: Good crutahings, 7Jd. to 7Jd.; inferior, 6d. to 6Jd.; rough crossbred, Bd.; dead wool, 81d. Skins: Halfbrods, Bjd.; medium crossbred, 81d.; coarse crossbred, 81d.; halfwools, 7Jd.; quartor-wools, 6Jd.; lambs, 73d.; pclte, 5Jd.; inferior and shorts crossbred, 53d. to 6}d.; dead, 63d.; saltod, medium heavy, 6s. sd. to 75.; light, 53. Id. to ss. sd. to ss. JOd.; halfbreds, 6s, 6d.; auarterwools, 3s. 10d.; lambs, 55.; shorn lambs, 3e. Bd. Hides: Ifedium to heavy, ox, Bjd.; light ox. 73d.; heavy cows, 7Jd. to 7gd.; medium ox, 73d.; yearlings, 7jd. to 7Jd.; ordinary calf, 10 S-S&.i da.magcd, 7gd. to 7id. Tallow: Medium, in tins, £24 10s. Horns, 9s. tft 17s. per hundred.

Mossrs. Muway, Roberts, and Co., Ltd., report:—Out catalogue comprised ■ 65C-0 sheepskins, 900 hides and calf skins, the only wool being offered being bag lots, oil the bales being held for our next erutching sale on August 8. T3ie market for sheepskins was slightly easier in sympathy with cabled advices from London, although the decline was not felt to the full extent. Hides maintained prices ruling last sale, while tallow and wool were firm. Wool: Crossbred, 73d. to 83d. per lb.; orutchings, sd. to 7id. Eheep6fctns: Crossbred, tins, Bd. to 63d.; crossbred, medium and coarse, 7Jd. to BJd.; crossbred, dead and inferior, <d. to 7Jd.; lioggets and Jambe, Id. to Bd.; crossbreds, badly damaged, 3d. to s*d.; crossbretls green and salted, is. <kl. to 7s. id. each. Hides: Ox, lieavy. Bd. to Bid. per lb.; ox medium, 7Jd. to 7gd.; ox, light, 7-ju , . to BJd.; cow, heavy, 7id. to VJd.; cow, medium, 7Jd. to 7gd.; cow, light, 7*d. to 7Jd.; kip, Bd. to Bid.; calf, good, 10d. to Ud.; calf, medium, Bjd. to 9Jd.; calf, damaged, 3d. to 3Jd. liabbitskins, Is. to Iβ. Ad.- Hidee, cut and slippy, <!d. to 7(1. Tflllow, in casks, 245. 9d. to 28s. per cwt.; in tine, 2ft?. to 245. 6d. per cwt. The United Farmers' Co-op.' Association, Ltd., report:—Prices for crutohings, , sheepskins, and hides wore oasier than at tho previous Bale, Omntfihlaes, good, 7id. to Bd.;

medium, 6Jd. to 7Jd.; seedy and inferior, sd. to 6Jd. Sheepskins: Crossbred, ruedium, Bd. to 81(1.: croesbrod, haJf-woolled. 7d. to Bd.; crossbred, inferior and dead, 6d. to 7*<l. Hidea: Ox, medium, Bd. to 83d.; cow, 7d. to Bd.; cut and slippy, 53d. to 7*d.