HIDES DEARER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 56, 22 March 1937, Page 13

HIDES DEARER

Keen Demand at Napier Oddments Sale PRICES FOR SKINS FIRM At th© usual sal© of sheepskius, hides and oddments in Napier biddingi was very keen on both skins and hides. Prices for skins were on a par with those at the last sale, held in FebruR^y. Hides wero in demand, showing a rise of up to 2d. on cow and ox. Yearlings were correspondingly dearer, and calf were on* about the same level. The range of prices was as follows: — Dry sheep skins— Half-bred, | to full-woolled, 14fd to 17^d ; thi'ee-quar-ter-bred, £ to full-woolled, 15d to 16£d ; crossbred, fine to full-woolled, 14£d to 17^d, nledium 13fd to 16d, coarse, 13Jd to 15^d; lambs, 11^ to 16Jd; hoggets, 12£d to 15£d ; half-woolled, ll£d to 15d; quarter-woolled, 8Jd to 14^d; dead, 8Jd to 14£d; pelts, 6fd to 10ld. Ox hides. — 331bs to 441bs. 7 5-8d; 46lhs to "521bs. 7£d. ; 531bs. to 591bss 9£d to 9Jd; 601bs to 691bs 9 5-8d; 70lbs and over, 9fd to 9^d; cut, 8d. to 9d. Ck>w— 331bs to 391bs, 6d to 9Jd ; 401bs to 481bs, 5d. to 9^d; 491bs and over, 5d to 9£d; cut, 4d to 9d; slippy, 4^d to 6 5-8d. Bull. — ld to 5d. Kip.— 171bs to 241bs 8 7-8d to ll^d; 251bs to 321bs. 7 3-8d. to 8 5-8d; cut 8 5-8d. • slippy 4 5-8d. Yearling. — lllbs. to 161bs. 9d to 13 l-8d; cut, 7d. to ll^d . Calf— 11b to 51bs. 12d to 16 Jd; 61bs to Slbs. 12d to 16 3-8d ; 91bs to lOlbs. 9 5-8d to 13d ; cut, 8d to ^13d ; slippy 3d to 9d. Tallow. — In tins, etc., ld to l^d. Sundries.— Horse hair, 19^d to 21Jd.