WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2001, 7 March 1914, Page 8

WOOL, HIDE & TALLOW SALES.

.Tho fortnightly sale 3 of i wool, skins, hides'and tallow were held 1 yesterday .by ,th-i various • firms. '.-",'

Tho range of prices was as under':— Wool: Crossbred, medium, coarse, 73d. to ?d.: - pieces'- and hclliei?,. <d.".to' 6Jd.:• locks and staiiied pieces, lid. lp "543.; cnitchings, medium to good, $'■&. . .Sheepskins: Halfbred; li<\. to. 9d.; fine crossbred, Bd."to 9d.; medium''to coarse cr'cpsbreil. %&. to 83d.;■ short to half-wools,. 6d. to B}d.f defid .and: damage! crossbred,'fd. ■tn 7Jd.; inferior and badly damaged, 2d.-, to 63d.: lambs, 6Jd. to 8?d.; .damp, salted;' and green,.2s..to >.*. 6d.: pelts, 4d. to'-7d. '-Hid"i=i: Ox,'heavy. s.'d. to-9 3-Bd.; ox, medium,-Bgtl. to 9J-d.: ox, light; 8»,d: fo'9d.; cow. heavy; "?d. to BJd.: cow, medium, BJd..to 9d.; cow, light, It'll, to 9d.; cut, slipnv ?nd superior, 7d. to B.<t!.: bull, ctai?, 63d..tb''7d.; yearlings, Bd. to- lP'-d.; calf, superior, 101 d. to IM.: cnlf, medium to g00d,.9d .»•> 11' 3-Bd.;ralf,-■ilimnecd. sd. to-B.!d. Tallow: Tn' casks' 7.55.. to 275. 6d.:.-in -tine.'lfe. to Ms. fd. Sundries: Pabbit skins, 10M-; ' hors» .'hair, Is. 4id.'to !-?. Pf'. : cow tails, le.'s6d.; 'ovposum skins. 103 d. . . ;

.Messrs. W./and G.' Turnbull-'and Co., Ltd., report:—There, was a■- good' attendonco of buyers, and-comnetition wo-s'keeh throughout the.sale. prices wero'lti'sell-/ era" favour,'cjicl sheepskins showed an 'advance from rar to a farthing. ~ . ,

The New Zealand Loan and Jlereaniilc Co., Ltd., report:—We -offered, a fiir-size>l cataloguo of bag wool, pheopckins. hides, tallow, etc. There was a good attendance of buyers, and keen competition for everything. Wool end skins w : ere about 3d. per lb., 'higher, calfskins and hides about id. per lb.'higher.than .last fortnightly sale. There wore also better innuirirs for tallow at an advance of per cwt. -' : 'v

Messrs. Levin and Co. report:—We offered 3000 eheepWiins, 700' hides arid calfskins, and a quantity, of tallow. . Sheepskins met with'very keen comnotition.Wd advanced ( from .par to a farthing'all round. also met with nlenty of demand, cowhides showing a distinct improvement, and calfskins were dearer to the .extent of a penny. Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co. report: —Our catalogue comprised a- large cinantitv of bsgs and fadec.l of wool (fl-ll bales being held for the sale on March 20, when the overuea buyer* will be present), 51C0 nheenskins. and ''!00 hides and besides tallow. Competition was animated at par to a farthing advance for'wool and sheepskins, while hides were ' distinctly firmer. Good cowhides advanced a. farthing per lb., and advance in ox' hides being in favour of sellers. We irecurcd 9d. p« lb. for porno lots of well-conditioned hides, and the same prico was paid for'a-lieht-coi'ditioned line of three-ouartcrbrcd skins. Messrs.. Abraham and Williams report:--We : offered our. nsual quantity of all classes of produco to a good attendance of buyers. - Competition was Tery keen for. all lots', and prices were firm at a slight advance. Tallow was a little easier.

1 The United Tarmcra' Co-operative Association also offered tho usual quantity to a, good attendance. ■ ' '