BETTER PRICES
SALE OF SHEEPSKINS
The fortnightly sale of hides and sheepskins was held in Wellington yesterday before the usual buyers and, under keen competition, a good clearance was made.
Sheepskins can be quoted at id to fd better than the last sale, with occasional lines a full penny up. Hides also made better prices and all weights of cow and ox were l-8d to id per lb up. Kip and yearling sold on a par with late rates, but calfskins appreciated by id to.ld per lb. The range of prices is quoted below: Dry sheepskins: Halfbred, 6d to 72d; fine crossbred, 6fd to 7£d; medium, s£d to 7|d; coarse, 5d to 7fd; half-wools, 6d to 7fd; quarter-wools, 3d to 7£d; pelts, ljd.to 3|d. Salted skins: Full wools, 2s to 3s. Hides: Ox, 331b to 441b. 4 3-8 d to sd, 45-52 3 3-8 dto 5 3-Bd, 53-59 5Jd to 6£d, 60-69 s£d to 6 3-Bd, 701b and over 4£d to 6 3-8 d; cow, 33-39 3d to sd, 40-48 4d to sd, 491b and over 3 5-8 dto s£d; kip,. 25-32 Id to 5 5-Bd, 17-24 s£d to 7d; yearling, 11-16 3 5-8 dto 8 7-8 d; calf, 9-10 7£d to-7£d, 6-8 7^d to 9£d, 1-5 4d to 9 5-Bd. Tallow: Iri casks, etc., 13s 6d to 14s 9d a cwt; in tins, 9s 6d to lis. Cow tails, 9d a dozen; horse hair. 7d to 22Jd a lb.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 13
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240BETTER PRICES Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 13
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