WOOL, SKIN & HIDE SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 8

WOOL, SKIN & HIDE SALES.

The ftntnigHtly sales of. trool, . ttkfod. hides,- and. tallow v.-ere j-cstc-fd.-ay. Messffl. Hufffly, Jfejberls njid C&. oJEcted a- :«f SC£O siiccpjfclxis «ju,d .563 hicfe Alt wool m bales is now- being- held ovl'F for their first cnitchi.iife sale, which will folio- plate la tor ii>. the present mo'nth. lower lor cows,- white ox -liiiles showfor shejjpskms were fifm, tfitk a hdrd&iiriT* tendency. Hides cold at jif to id, per lb. lower lower for while ox bideh showad exceptional firnme-as at id. to ;d. per lb, better., value..than,.' i'Ehe'vlusfll ■ {rr'fc'o af ICfet. rw" !b. was readied for. a Rood lnt of «\ in prime condition. while Ptllor lots said' dl sid. to 9id. per lb. jfor hides in superior condition. MceSrs, Levin. «itd Co. ottered SCGO Bh-cep-siUtis, 4-50 hides and calfskins, and « quantity of tallow. ■ Messrs. Jtalgety And.Co.-report t'no.ti compotiiiaii ivi!.s teen tSbftjugbaiit. and priM.4 for all lines were on a. jar with those rttfih.c. at last sale, Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report ROffld.eomiietitiw for all lots. Prices rule practically op a level witfc last saltfa tnm for :i!t Jrodiiue .offered. Messrs. W. ctiid O. Tiiruljuli and Go., Ltd., report that eoiirpotHion wa,s keen th.roiig.bBiit the side. Ox ludeS showed ft, sliftijt, advance, while other lots were on a pari With late ra.toj. ■The Ktw Zealand Loan, and iMe.ren.nt,i-Ir> Ageri«y Co., Lid., offered. about 2# boles' af wool and -a large oua-juit-y Of sMhs, steo a. fair eatalpgito of liidaS, eatis-ians, tafW. etc. In sympathy with the firm fond of the cu-trent London ratiHtftt, wool and skins were very, firm, heivy hides were if anything » ghode liishcr than, iast sales, but,; mediitm atui. light ojs were slightly lower i iii price. Only small lots of calfskins are now coming: o.n the market, and th-ceo meet with good tale at Into rates. The , teii-Ow market is eilKli.tlj- easier. The United riiriiicrs' Co-oiier,ativo Association and the Waifampa. .Farmers Gooperative Association also held successful soles, Tito range of prices was .as under Wool.--Crossbred, modluni. coatee, Bd,. to 93d.; liicees awl bellies, 54. to 7jd.; leaks and sta.iUed .pircc.s-, j{d. fa 5t1,; cfutcjiinss. superior. Ltd. to M.; tnetfiuitl to good, 6id. to 94.; cf uteliiivc's, s.ced'y aild. inforior, sd, to Sid.; Jnnibs, fkl, to 9Jd. Skins.—iraltbrcd, 9d.; fine eroriS'iired, B}d, .to Sd.;. medium to -eon-red crossbred., 6jd, to 83i},; rfwrt to half-wools, 7jri. i.o Sid.; t!co..'l an<i damaged crossbred, id. to 73d.; inferior tind badly damaged, !!sd. to fcjd.; lamb?. 4W< to 8/i-d.; damp, saltfi, end ere®, its. to . 65,; pelts, Is. sd. to 3s. (:d. . flirted—os, iiedvy, SjA to Sid.; ex, medium, 93d..; ox, light. 8 3-M. to 9id,; eow, heavy, S3-8d,.t0 5d.; cow, tteaittat, Sid- <o 95d.; caw, lisht, S-Jd, to 3d,; cut, slippy and : superior, 6}d. to Sid.; bull, stag, ®d. to 6 3-B^.; yearlings, 8 34d. to iOid,; caif> mesUum to 108(1. to 1J38.S -CflWs damaged, 6 3-Sd. to 9^l- - Tflllow; In 255-. -to 2Bs. i iii fins-. 175.. to 245, 6d. opossum stills., Is. sd, to a?., . . id. Harso liflii, Is. 4d. C-ow tJlils, 18. id. I to- Is. EJd,