WOOL SALE

Hokitika Guardian, 24 February 1933, Page 1

WOOL SALE

PRICES AT CHRISTCHURCH. DROP OF PENNY PER POUND. CHRISTCHURCH, February 23. At the third Christchurch wool sale of the season, held to-day, 25,180 hale 6 we lie offered to a full bon c h of ■buyers. Th e selection was considered rather a poor one, containing a large proportion of back country woofs, mainly sandy and discoloured. Bidding was fairly keen at a lower range of values, the main (competitors coming from Bradford, France and Japan, about 90 per cent, of th 0 offering wars sold at auction. The decline in quality represented a drop of a penny per pound on Hie prices at the January sales, and there was a further easing off of one penny per pound for all fleece wools. ' The range of prices was ; _ Merino (64/70, 60/64) : Extra super "ioj to 101 cl, super'9d to 9pi, average Vpl to B.Vd, inferior 5.pl to 7d. Corriedalo: Extra super to 131(1. | •rnor 10:1 to ll.jd, average 8.1 <1 9pl, inferior 6d to 71(1.

Fine hall’bred (58. 56/58, 561: Super lOd to 112 d, average Bpi to 9;?d, inferior 5.1(1 to ! °d. AVd’”'”! h:\lfbred (50/56, 50) : Super 9d to lOd, average. 7id to B;{d. inferior 4i,d to 7d. F'dra, fine crossbred piR/50) : Sup°r 71 d to 7pl. average S’d to 62d, inferior 4d to sd. Fme iCrossbred (46/48): Super 5d to .spb average 3-Jd to dpi. inferior 2d to 3d. fYfiedium crossbred (44/16) : Super 3'{d to 4?,d, average 3d to 3/d, Inferior l:jd to 2ld.

Bellies and pieces Merino good t<' super 6d to Pd. Merino ]o w to medium 41d to 52(1. Bellies, halfbred : Good to super 6d to 8d ; ha I fibred low to medium 5d to -53 d. Pieces; Halfbred. good to supe r 71d to 10d ; halfbred l° v ' n> medium 4d to 7d. Bellies pieces : Crossbred good to super sfd to s ; ;d, crossbred low to medium Id to 3d. Orutchings medium to good 2G* to 44d • inferior and seedy Id to 2d. .Locks”: ’ Merino 21 d to 4pl ; halfbred 2ad to 3£d ; crossbred -|d to 2jd.