Range of Prices

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 61, 4 December 1937, Page 9

Range of Prices

NAPIER WOOL SALE Comparison with Auckland Values OFFIC1AL FIGUKES Prices at yesterday 's wool sale ai» Napier pr'oved tobe cc parity to slightly dearer compared with tliose Teaehed in the first sale of tlie 1937-38 ieason at Auckland last week. An ex- " cellent clearance "vvas effeeted at Napier" in comparison with the low clearance at Auckland, when at tke most 30 per cent, of tho wool catalogued won aold under the hammer. An offering was made at Napier oi' slightly more tkan 20,000 l*des, and brokers Teported that more than 93 pei cent of the total' offering was sold un- ' der the hammer. Fuxther elearances ' wero made by private sale immediately ■ after the sale. 1 A comparison of the official rang'e of prices at Napier yesterday with that at Auckland, is given below. In some cases, classifications offered at Napier wero rjot on the market at Auckland. Following is .the comparison: —

- No quotations for laxhbs were given for the Napier sale because there was not a sufficient offetiug'to give representative ranges. The same position applied to hogget wool below 48 's value, and to low crossbred 44 's to 46 's.

Napier Auckland - . v •• ■ "December November , . .. ; ' d. . a. a. a.. Southdown — A i » Hi to I2 11 t0 12 S 94' to 10J 9| to 104 Halfbred, 56/oS— , . Super •••• t.13; to 14 — to lo ■Average, . • Hi to 124 114 to 124 Inferior . . lQf to lli Hue crossbred, 50/564. ^bpdr l.... 12 to 13 13 to 14 Average . ... 11 to 12 114 to 124 Inferior - . . 10 * to lOf 10 to 11 Medium crossbred, 48/50 — Super . . 114 to 12^ 11 to 12 : Average ■ . - to lOf 104 to 11 Inferior I. . 84 to 9 9 to 10 Medium crossbred, 46/48 — Super .... Hi to 12§ 10J to 10j Average . . 9J to lOi 9 J to 10 Inferior . . 8 to 9 8 to 9 J Low,, crossbred, 44/46 — Super .... H to 12 10 to 10* -Average • 94 to 104 9 to 9 j ■Inferior . . 8 to 9 8 to 9 Hoggets — 56/58 "..'.. 111 to" 124 11 tp 111 52/54 .. 11 to 121 10 to 13 ,48/5Q ... 10 to 111 91 to 101 . Necks — • * Super ' .... 11 to 114 — to — , Average ... 10 to 101 — to \\ Inf. & .needy 9 -tb ^9f — to — - Pieces — • Super .... 91. to 10 : — • to -rAverage .. 81' to 9 — - to — Inferior .. 7 «io^ 7.I-— ^ to- — BelliesSuper i.... 8 to 81 71 to 84 Average .. 71 to 71 — to — Inferior . . 64 to 7 6 to 7 J Crutchings — ' ' • Super 9 to 91 — to — Average" ' 7f to 84 7 to ' 9Inferior .. 51 to 61 5 to 6} Locks— * . . 41 to 51 44 to 51