WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1860, 20 September 1913, Page 10

WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

Mcscrs. D<ilg<?ty and Com-pany, Ltd., "Wolliuffton, report:—W© held our fortniglitiy salo of wool, eluins, hides, an-d yesaJt«rnooii, when we offered a good cataloguo to tho usual att-endanco of buyers. Competition woe keen throughout, prices for wool being on a par with, those rulinc at last salo, whilst skins xund Mdos were a fihado advancod. Wool: QraAchin£6, modiufm, 6id. to crutchings, inferior, sd. to 6d.; crossbred, B£d. to 9id.; piece?, s£d. to 6id. SheepelciTis: Crosebred, 73d. to 8?d.; haifbred, 9d.; half-wools, j7£d. -to 7?d.; quarter-wools, 6Jd. to 6|d;; hoggets, 7id. to fid.; dciad, 62d. to 7id.; bit)ken end damaged, 3d. to 5Jd.; orossbrcd, damp, at each, ss. 3cL to fls. 4d.; crossbred, lilted, 46. 3d. to 7e. Id. Hides: Ox, eouind, Bd. to 83d.; cow. sound, 7Jd. to Bid.; ox, cu-t and slippy,/ 6td. to 7Jd.; cow, cut and slippy, 6Jd. to 73d.; yearlings, 6id. to 72d.; bull, 6 3-Bd. to 6Jd.; calf, good, 9Jd. to lid; calf, cut and slippy, 6d. to BJd.; hofr/re, at each, 9s. 6d. to 10s. 9d. Tallow: In tins, 225. 9d. to 235.; in socks, 10s. Horsehair, Is. 6id. per lb. Gposeum ekiiifi, at each, 23. Id. to ss. Id.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—Wo offered e large catalogue of all clashes of produce to the usual attendnnco of _ buyers. Bidding was lieen for evcrythinc offered, prices beinr very firm for wool, and skins and hides wero also firm, but corns wero slightly easier than last sale. Tallow ruled firm.. Wool: Rough crossbred, S3d.; super dead, 9d. to 9Jd.; inferior dead, 6id. to 7d-.; fair crutahings, 7}d. to 7Jd.; seedy, 5Jd. to 6d. Skins: Medium croisbreds, 83d.; coarso crossbrcds, fiiu.: laiiwbs, 6d.; half-wools, 7£d.; quarterwools, 6}d.: dead and soconid croeebred, 71d.; inferior dead, 6Jd.; ehortß and inferior crossbred, 6d. to 61d.; pelts, 6?d.; shorn lambs, 53d.; salted medium-weights, Bs. 4d.: lighter, 75.; lirht, 53. 6d.; halfwools, 4s. 4d. Rabbitskir.o. Is. Sd. to 16. 9d. pen* lb. Horsehair. Is. 9d. Oow talis. Is. 7d. per dozen. Hides: Heavy ox, 91 il.; medium heavy ox, 9d.; lieht ox, Bid.: medium t-o heavy cows, Bid.; slippy cow 6, 6Jd.; yearlings, 7 3-Ed. to 7Jd.; fair celt, 113(1.; ordinary c4i!f, 103 d.; damaged. Gid. to 7d.

Tho United Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd., and tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd., report:—Fortnightly ee-les of, wo<?l, sheepskins, hides, tallow, etc., wero held yesterday. Crutcliings, medium, 7id. to 75d.; ci'utchings, inferior, 6d. to 7d. Sheepskins: Medium CToasbred, Bid. to -83d.; short and inferior,' 7d. to Sd.; dead, 63d. to Bd. Hides: Ox. light, 7id. to Bid.; cow, 7ld. to Bd.; cut and flippy, 7d. to 7Jd. Calfskins, eood, lid. to Is.; inferior, 7Jd. to 9d.; cut and slippy, 6ju. lo 7d. Opossum skins, medium, 4s. 6d. to Ee.: inferior, 2s. 6d. to 45., litesara. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., report:—Wo submitted a cataloguo of 20 bales of wool. 5700 skins, 650 hides, and' 400 colfskdns. There wo.s a large attendance of buyers, competition being very animated. Prices for wool and sheepskins raiiKod on tho avora«o fully' <i farthins per lb. highar than at tho previous sale. Thero was a keen inquiry lor hides, ox hides maintaining about thei lovel of lest sale's values, whilo cow hides, on the other hand, showed a. decline of about Jd. per lb. Calfskins sold readily at tost sclo's values. Tallow remained firm, with very little offering. The range of priccs at the sale is quoted below:—Wool, crossbred fleece medium, td. to JJd. per lb.; dead, 7Jd. to Bd. per lb.: crutchings, .medium, 62(1. to Bd. per lb.; crutchings, paody and inferior. 4d. to 61d. per lb. Sheepskins: Fine crossbrcds and threc-quanksrbrods, 83d. to 9d. per lb.; crossbrcds, medium, Bd. to 83d. per lb.; crossbrcds, coarse, 7!d, to B>d. per lb.: crossbrodis, short id halfwools, 5Jd. to 7Jd. por lb.; crosobreds, dead and damaged, 6d. to 7Jd. per lb.; crossbrcds, dea;d and damased, short, 2Jd. to sd. per lb.: lambs and hojgets, 4id. to Bd. per lb.; crossbr-edis, damp and salted, light, 3s. to sg. 6d. caoh; crossbrcds, damp and well woollcd, fe. to 10s. lid. each. Hidce: Ox, heavy stout, 83d. to 9}d. r-er lb.; ox, heavy, sheet.y, Bid. to 83d. per lb.: ox, medium, Bid. to 83d. per lb.; ox, light, BJd. to 83d. per lb.; cow, medium, BJd. to EJd. per lb.; cow, light, 81d. to Bid. per lb.; inferior and badly conditioned, 73d. to Bd. per- lb.; damaged, cut and slippy, sd. to 7Jd- Per lb.; calfskins, good, 9id. to 113 d.' Rer lb.; calfskins, medium, 83d. to 9?d. por ).; calfskins, damased, 4d. to 9Jd. per lb. Tallow: Caste, 255. 6d. to 28s. 6d.; tins, 225. to 255. 6d. por owt.

The Ncvr Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ajcncy Company, Ltd., report:—We offered a. fairly largo catalogue. Competition as usual was good and prices for wool m<l skins were higher by about Id. per lb., btot hides cosed a little. Wool: Crutchings, medium, 7d. to 7id.; crutcliines. seedy and inferior, 4£d. to 5Jd.; dead, 7Jd. to 83d.; lambs, 9d. to 9%d.; locks and pieces, 43d. to 6id. Sheepsfiane: Crossbred, flue, Bid. to 9d.; crossbred, medium, BJd. to 83d.; crossbred, coaireo, 73di to Bd.; crossbred, broken and dead, 51d. to 7id.; pelta to half-wools. sd. to 7id.; Ki'lted skins, 3a, to 10s. Id. Hides: Oow and light ox, Bd. to BJd.; damaged, 6d. to 7Jd.; liorEe, Bs. to 10a. 3d.; oalfskins, Rood, 9Jd. to lljd;. calfskins, damaged, 3d. to Bd. ■ Cowtoils, la. 3d. to Is. 7idi. per dozen; Tallow: In casks, 2!s. 3d. to 28s. 6d. per cm"t.; fat, in tins, 235. to 255. 3d. per cwt.

Messrs. Levin and Compos, Ltd., report: Wo offered 1500 sheepskins, 760 hides and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. "Wool: Coarse crossbred, B£d. to 9Jd.; inferior and dingy, 7Ad. to B}d ; pieces, 4j-d. to 6*d ; locks, Id. to 4Jd.; lambs, 7Jd. to CH-; orutehings, od. to 73d. 'fikiiie: Market steady at last sdle rates, occneionoilly showing an advance of Id. per lb. Halfbreds and fine crossbrede. B}d. to 9d.; medium and coarse, td.- to Bid.: quarter to half-wools. 6d. to 73.d.; dead skins, 6>.d. to 7d.; lamb skins, 6d. to Bid.; dry pelts. 4id. to 6d.; green skins, 6s. to 9s. Id. Tallow: Firm. Parcels in shipping order, £23 155.; tills, £20 to £25 103.: Tougli' fat, £20. Horsehair, Is. to Is. Bd. per pound. Horns, 2fl. to 245. 6d. par hundred. Toils, Is. Bd. per dozen. Hides: Tlio market was quieter and prices wore id. per lb. cheaper all round. Calfskins were in good demand at l«st sale prices. Or hides (heavy), Bidi. to 83d.; ox hidc3 (medium), Bid. to Bid.; or hides Oight), Bd. to 8 3-Bd.: cow hides, 73d. to BJd.; cut and slip-py hides, 6d. to 73d.; stag and bull hides. s>d. to 6Jd.; yearlings, 7d. to Bid.; calf, best, lid. to 12id.: calf, medium, Sid. to 104; calf, cut and slippy, 6d. to 9id. Horse hides, 9s. to 13s. 6d.