WOOL, SKIN, AND HIDE SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 31 October 1914, Page 10

WOOL, SKIN, AND HIDE SALES

e ~~ —' ■ a The fortnightly sale of wool, skins, bides. ■ and tallow . wero held yesterday. D 7 the , various brokers, whose' reports are as nn- • dor:— I. Messrs. Dalgety and 00. report that the I. jy. 11 , 010 of their catalosnic o.t wool, skins, I hides, and tallow v?a« sold iindcr the hamI* mcrat satisfactory prices. Buyers attend- '• ed in good nnmbci-s. ond some of them '• hod limits in ciccss of tlicro ruling at y our lost saJe, ?o that the biddinj; was i-erv keen, especially for better duality skins and bides. Sheepskins (crocsbredi advanced 3d. per lb. for fine, and id. per lb. for e other classes. Hides improved to the ext tent of id. per lb: for ox and cow medium ~ and heavy, while the Hsht-weighta were at ; par. Tallow is still elow of (Jale. pn.d re- ;• raained at par. We are holding t.»# wool ■• for the first sale of the season on Novcm- :- ber 18, and remind clients to cot consiimv mentg 1 forward in (rood tame «s tho cata- [; loeuo closses on November 13. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., reprt as follows :-Wc offered a. good cata- • of all cInECTS of produce to She nsual attendance of buyers. There was goad com- - petition for all lots, and skins and hides ~ advanced id. to 2d. nor.lb. . Messrs. W., and Q. Tnrnbull' and Oom- . nany. Ltd.. report hayine held their tipnal fortnifthtly eaae of ba: wool, sheep6kins, ' and hides. l*here wis a. cood nttcadMico • of buyers, and competition was very keen. Pnces ( for ciheepekme showed an advance of hi., and in some oases 3d., .nor lb. Hides also advanced by l-6d. to id. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantilo ' Aitcncy Company, Limited, report thft.t bidding was exceedingly brisk for the bag t wool and skins offered. Advicca torn Lont don indicate-. a. substantial rjeo In Eheen- . 6lrins, and tbey are now sefliiiK locally at rather betto prices than before the de- - clarato'on of.war We estimate tat fulli weollod crossbred sheepskins rcalijed a. halfpenny per pound more than lost sale. l Hides and tallow were firmer, and hae wool sold well at a slicht advance on last ■ sales ' prices; : Messrs. Murray. Roberta and Oo offered • '3900 sheepskins, 320 hides and calfskins, be- . sides a. few lots of tallow. Competition was - extremely keen,, tho firmness in tho wool . market-at Home havine a stimulating effect on the bidding, prices for sheopsk'na ' Bbowinc an advance of }d. to'3d. per lb. '■ This advance, taken in conjunction with that recorded at last silo, brinss the prlcis « of sheepskins locally well up to current . London-parity. Hides also showed an im- 1 provomont in price, and values to-day are, ; if anythinE, o. trifle better than those.cur- ■ rent iust prior to the outbreak of war. Messrs. Levin and Co., Limited, report ■ that keen bidding was tho order of tho day. Tallow continues in poor demand, at last sale prices. Skins wore Jd. doirer for practically all classes. Hides wore, firmor 1 than a fortnight oko, ox being l-Od. and ' oows 3d. dearer, yearlings olid light kips • sold particularly well., beine quite id. . better than last sale.' The high prices realised for calfskins last salo were fully' . maintained to-day. i Tho United Farmers' 00-onorativo Association, Ltd,, and the Woirarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., also held successful sales. Tho Kcne'ral ranee of prices was os un-, - der:—Sheposkins: Holfbrod, 9d. to 95d. per i lb.: flno crossbred, 83d. to 9d.; crossbred; . medium to Coarse, Sid. to 9d.; 6hort; to i half-woos, 6d. to 71d.: dead and damased . crossbred, sd. to %&.: inferior and be/ily '. .damaged, • Id. to 4d.; lambs, 7d. to B|d.; !■' damp, salted and CTeen, 6s. to Bs. each: '■' pelts. Is. 2d. to.ls. Bd. Hides.—Ox, heavy. BSd. to.Sd. per lb.; ox, medium, Bd. to 83d.: ox. light, B}d. to Bjd.; cow, heavy, Bd. to D3d.; cow, modium, Eld. to 8 3-Bd.; cow. lieht. BJd. to • 83d.; cut, Blippy and inferior, 6d. to Bd.; bullß 4d. to 53d.: yearling,' Bd. to ' 103 d.; calf, super, 10 3-Bd. to 13Jd.; caU. medium to good, 9 3-Bd.' to 12 5-Bd.; calf, damaged, sd. to 10Jd. ,- . . . : • ! Tallow—ln casks, 20s. 6d. to 225. 3d.'per cmt.; in tins, lfe. to 19s. 6d ; rough fat, 12s.' to 13s. 3d. •'■ . •