WOOL.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1924, Page 3

WOOL.

HIGH PRICKS RKALISKD. r«IY TKI.KGIt.'.I'Il —mat I'ltnss ASSOCIATION.] A I CKI.ANI), December 5. At the wool sale, three hales ol Southdown wool fetched 3,'tj'd per lb ; lour hales of crossbred hoggets, 33d; sixteen hales of crossbred ewes, 35.1 d ; live hales of Southdown 321 d. 10 hales ol hoggets 3lld ; 7 hales of dry ewes 27.91 ; eighteen hales of wet ewes, 27Jd live lirst lamb, 291 d ; live hales of hoggets 28d. SouThdowns sold at 3!l]d to 3llld. The hales of half-bred ewes fine combing, and eight hales of first, halfbred wcatheis and ewes line, fetched 3(5(1. Many other lots brought between 2ld and 39d, Two hales of super halfbred, Waiti dip fetched .'Sold. .Many of the reserves were beyond the buyers' limits. Bradford continued to get the lion’s share. Dalgety's lalalogue of 121 It l lots, remains to 1,,., dealt with. The wool sales ('(included to-night. Bidding continued brisk, and yesterday's .prices were 'repeated. It was evident from the nature of the bidding that a great many of the prices paid went considerably beyond the limits of quite a number of buyers. and Bradford continued to get most of the wool. All the catalogue was sold, the only lots passed being where sellers bad pla ceil what buyers considered too high reserves on their lots. When this was the case, the buyers would have nolle of it. The attendance ol the public was again large. A remarkable evenness of bidding was evideiieeed throughout the sale. As an instance a consecutive inn of 20 lots of crossbred ranged from 23d In pl'.'.il. In another similar page ol tbe oairdogue. the range Has from 2ld I" 251 d. Occasionally the bidding t'nk a sharp upward turn as a choice lot of line crossbred, super, or C'nrricdale was offered, prices for these Ircqiiently topping the 3l)d mark. The aim. of the optimistic grower to realise 2ld per ll> for crossbreds was realised. The average prices throughout the sale were maintained remarkably well. Kx| icrts estimate the average price per 111 to be from 231(1 to 21.1, making an average price per bale ol C3n. which was the figure set. on the opening night of the sale. Filler wools realised anproximatclv the same as those offered at the Southern sales. Coarser wools showed an advance of about Ml per lb. Top prices to-day were 3(S ;d for six liales of hull bred and .'ilijd for two bales of sillier ballbrrtl.