Rabbitskin Market Report.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 22 June 1917, Page 3

Rabbitskin Market Report.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report:—We held our usual fortnightly sale od Monday, 18th June, when we submitted a large catalogue to a full bench of buyers. Our offerings embraced all classes of skins from suckers upwards to best winters. A large proportion of the catalogue offered at this sale comprised stale, off seasons and early caught skins, for which there was an improvement in values to the extent of Id to 2d per lh on last sale rates. Fresh seasons, late autumn and early winters were keenly competed for. Our best lines of winter does realised up to 49d per lb, while \best bucks brought up to 42Jd and beßt winter blacks to 64d per lb. There being a good demand we «an con- ! fidently recommend consignments. The following is a range of prices obtained for the different classes:— Suckers, to 9£d pßr lb; runners and suckers, 102 d to lljd per lb; light racks, 16Jd to 17Jd per lb; prime racks, 17£o to 18Jd per lb; summers, 15d to 16J per lb; early autums, 25d to 27fd per lb; late autumns, 30d to 32| incoming winters, 33d to 34fd per lb; early winters, 35d to 40d per lb; winter bucks, 40d to 45£ d; winter does, 48dto5_7d; summer blacks, to 165J; autumn "blacks, to 39d; early winter blacks, to 50d: winter blacks, to 64d ; fawns, 12d to 24Jd; North Island silver greys, 16£ dto 32|d; summer broken and hawked, BJd to 9|; autumn hawked, 12d to 13gd; winter hawked, 16d to lSd; horsa hair lod to lojd hare skins, lid to 14d; cat skins, 2d to 6Jd each; gutted autumns, 15d to 16|d; winters, 172 d to 30id.