HIDE AND TALLOW SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 10

HIDE AND TALLOW SALES

> S The -land M; tli 6 ■'■ ov.s 'brokers. •'■ '.•••••'..'• v.'i • ' ) Item; •Dalsete>#: At'i L •'' T i ep rto :■ offered^-1 tvr-'go^-" .< cntelpgg®' to '-V* 6 . '.. 'usual 'atedffibo"6Muy«9.;.-'R«?)Ke M ex " .' 'Wed of. toe ; Govern- • Inent embargo on tho export of hid*,, prices . would'\'dechne,' x biit r contrary to 'this." 'expectation' • competition yras,- keen < 'and prices for 'cow hides were firm at 'life' rates, and''sound ox hides, showed , :a : slight, advance. Tallow was.iigain en- : V tirely neglected." • ' ■> ... Messrs. Levin and 1 Company, Limited, offered a large catalogue of hides yester- ; dav. Hides were'practically unchanged. : :Tallow, buyers cwill not operate .until ; .. r 'markel condittoiis'ibecome. more, defined. Messrs! and: Co. state , that thev submitted': a., catalogue .'or about 500 hides and calfskins. There was a ■ - good attendance, but in view, of the, re-. cent embargo on shipment of hides, tan-- ' triers secured' practically, all the, offerings.. ■ •-■■ Several exporters '-•were;'- present at the-. • s -(ale,-tat- refrained: from ;buying on ;ac-; •count of'the uncertainty of "the position' .'k regard to export. .Prices ruled mucli on a pair with Tecent rates for alr.?ou,nd, well-conditioned lots, but inferior sorts were easier by id.' to Jd- P er I' s, There was ij.o demand for tallow. n :l''The New Zealand Lban; and Mercan'■tile Agen'cv Company,.-Limjte'd; report ! i'that fair-sized 'catalogues were offered. ' Tallow was totally neglected and, there '•was some hesitation in bidding for all ■ except the best lines of hides tod calf■,"'skins, which'.sold at-.,a■ shade over.last j sales' price. jiides . and calfskins were.slightly lower in price. .'•■■ The New Zealand Farmers CoKipera- > tjve Distributing Company, Ltd., report vthat there was - a very keen demand ~'for hides. > This is dire to the fact of the- ■' Government having ah embairgo :.' on the export,of hides; from New Zealand; Consequently prices were some- ■ -what lower'for-meet descriptions. Calf- ' : skins, were again in good demand, and ■ / for super lines very fjood prices were 1 realised, top - .prices . being. 23d. ,per. lb. "«.-.• j..The market for tallow was. very quiet, aoy .of • thti line being sola.- - . «'", The Wairarapi Farmers' Co-operative : : Ltd., in which is jncorppr'ated the United Farmers' Co-operative . /-'Association, report; that practically the 'whole catalogue of tallow was passed'in. • '.jHides were firm,i with an 'advance on "/ ''last sale rates for ,superior' lines. /'j. . The range of prices Svns'as under.:— • ?i?V Hides,—Qx;. lieavyi' COlb'.V Up, .lljd. ■to .■ 11 nkl. j ox," medium, 50-591b.,.- lljd. to 13" 7-Sd.; ox, \ light, 491b. and under, 10 >v 3-Bd. to .12 "l-Bd.; cow, heavy, 551b. and •.over, 11 l-Bd. to lttd.j cow. medium, 421b. to 541b., 9}d. to 01 5-Bd.; cow, light, under' 4211)., 9 ■ 5-Sd. to 11 5-Bd.j , / cut. slippy, and inferior, Sid. to IOJd./ bill!, stag/ Bd. to 10|d. yearlings, 161b. : - to 241b., 9W. to,lld.;! calf, superior, up' to 161b., fld. -tri' S-id.'; calf, medium-to *•' good, up t0:.;161b., Hd. to. 20W.; calf,d.ii V.aged, iip to lfiib., 'Hd.' to 16d. ' / Sundries.—Horsehair, Dd.; (ails, Cd..