Napier Wool Sale

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 70, 9 April 1937, Page 11

Napier Wool Sale

GROWERS SATISFIED Report of Brokers Upon Prices Realised THE OFFICIAL RANGE Higher prices, in accordance with tlie recent rise at the Iast "Wellington wool sale, were realised for all wools offered at the wool sale at Napier yesterday, when the concluding sale of the season for Hawke's Bay was held. Increases of np to 3d a lb. were recorded, with keen competition forthcoming from a representative bench of buyers. Bradford, the Continent, the TJnited States, and Canada, were all taking a major part in the selling, but Japanese competition was not such a feature as at previous Napier scales this season. Growers were generally well satisfied with their returns, which represented a distinct advance on the prices ruling earlier in the season, and particularly pleased were thos'e farmers who were unable to sell their wool at the previous saies as a result of the allocations .being filled. The quality of the offering was not of sueh high standard, with a big proportion of shabby and inferior wools, man'y containing seed, catalogued, bnt apparently a world wanting wool does not wish to pick and choose to the same extent as when world supplies were less eagerly competed for# As a result, yesterday 's sale saw a record clearance. The brokers' official range of prices is as follows: —

l a. Southdown — A •• 18 to 193 .. Up to 173 Half bred, 56/58 's — Average . . 183 to 203 Inferior — Half bred, 52/56 's — {Super Up to 203 Average • • 183 to 193 Inferior . . '. 17 to 18 Extra Fine Crossbred, 48/50 's — {Super 19 to 193 Average 173 to 183 Inferior .. •• •• •• •• 1^3 to 163 Fine Crossbred, 46/4S 's — Inferior 16 to 1*3 Medium Crossbred, 44/46 'a — Inferior .......... H to 16 Coarse Crossbred, 40/44 's — Average ........ ..18 to 193 inferior 17 to '18 Low Crossbred, 38/40 's — {Super ■ — Average . . . . . 183 to 193 Inferior — ' Hoggets — 56/58 's — 52/54 'a .... 19 to 203 48/50 's 183 to 203 46/48 's "".... 18 jto 19 44/46 's — ~ 40/44 's — — Lambs — Down 17 to 193 Fine crossbred 19 to 21 Coarse Up to 183 Seedy and inferior .... 9 to 143 Necks — Super ...18 to 193 Average 16 to 173 Inferior and seedy . . • • 133 to 153 Pieces — Super 16 to 173 Average Hi to 15i . Inferior and seedy .. 12 to 14 Bellies — Super H3 to 16 Average . . 133 to 143 Inferior and seedy . . 10 to 13 Crutchings — Super .. H3 to 163 Average .. •• .. •• •• 133 to 143 Inferior and seedy .... 10 to 13 Locks — Crossbred 83 to 113