YESTERDAY’S WOOL SALE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8349, 8 February 1913, Page 7

YESTERDAY’S WOOL SALE

KEEN COMPETITION. A HALFPENNY ADVANCE. The third of the Wellington series jf local wool sales took place m the Town Hall yesterday, when a total of 16,000 hales was submitted to a tali jench of buyers. The offering comorised some 2300 bales more than the niantity that was brought forward at the February sale of last year. Up to the present about 60.000 bales have neon offered at Wellington this season, while local sales m other centres in the Dominion have also drawn extra large catalogues, which may be taken as an indication that growers are satistied with the local market and are supporting it accordingly. The prices right through the season have been highly satisfactory from the producers standpoint, and from all appearances the present buoyant tone of vbo mar " ket is likely to continue. Bidding was particularly animated for most lines yesterday, and prices showed an advance of a halfpenny for crossbred wools, but were slightly disappointing for the very superior lines, the Americans, who aro usually very keen for tins class of wool, keeping their limits below what sellers expected for quality stuff. Lambs’ wool generally maintained the high prices realised at last sale, but inferior clips of this class were not keenly competed for. For the time or the year the bulk of the wool was m good condition; rather above the average, and contained some very well gotup and attractive lots which bore evidence of the growers’ adoption of better marketing methods. This fact served to bring into striking relief the lack of business forethought on the part ox those growers who sent their clips along packed anyhow and evoryhow, and prices were regulated in proportion to the amount of care that had been exercised in that respect. From the appended reports from the operating brokers, farmers will be enabled to form their own ideas of values on the day s offerings: / BROKERS’ REPORTS Dalgety and Co., Ltd. A catalogue ot approximately 15,732 bales offered by all brokers submitted bo buyers. Our portion ot this total was 5068 bales. The buyers were fully represented and competition was very animated,* the bidding being keen for every lot Emitted. The firm market ruling at the close of the' January sales don had a splendid 6-ffeCt on to-day u offering, and the result was that there vas a rise, after making duo f ° B condition, of from id to Id I’”,,’, compared with the wool sale Mid hero on January Bth. and practicaUy cveiT lot in our catalogue was cleared undei tne hammer. AVo had very tew lines of super crossbred and offered a few pare of light, well grown lambs wool. As “ usuaTat this time of the year, the on.cxings consisted mainly of baok couutTy wool, and utuwai was very noticeable in many parcels. Several lines a , rrl in store tod late to, offer in this sale and these aro held over for the next sale on March 4th. when wo expect a larger offering of wool than is usual at this sale. We would ask clients to hurry forward any wool they have, so that it may bo catalogued early. The range of values today was as follows, and wo make a comparison with the prices ruling at the sale held'.on January Sth:

The following are the highest prices obtained by us: On account of D- L. Younger, Cinder Hill, Feilding, lambs 12d; P. Hatton Miller, Harbour View, Porirua, lambs 11 Jd; Messrs Wheeler Bros., first lambs ll|d; S. W. Mitchell, Kairanga, lambs HJd; W. Meldrum, ilunterville, A crossbred HJd, B crossbred 10|d; Miss F, E. Chalmers, Fernyhurst. Masterton, crossbi'ed Hid and lid; W. 1. Lovelock, Palmerston North, hoggets ll|d; B. Williamson, Waitnaa W., lambs Hid; M. K. Takorangi, Kariori, sdper crossbred Hid Skerman and Podevin, Otaki, lambs Hid; J. Matthews, Longbush, Masterton, ewes Hid; W. and G. Cockburn, Marton, Eomney Hd; Monckton and Addington, Otaki, lambs Hd; E. A. Hurst, Marton, lambs Hd; Sinclair Bros., Bunny thorp©, A ewes lid; Lovelock Bros., Ashhurst, lambs lid; E. Brownlie, Turakino Valley, hoggets Hd and lambs Hd; Messrs A. J. and R. B. Knight, Eeilding, lambs Hd; W. S. Penny, Sanson, lambs Hd; A. Wail, Plimmcrton, Romney ewes Hd; T. Maher, Porirua, hoggets lid, ewes 10Jd; M. E. and T. Bradley, Ruanui, A ewes 10id. The United Farmers’ Co-op. Association, Ltd., and thoAVairarapa Farmers’Coop. Association, Ltd. There was a large attendance of buyers. The bulk of our catalogue consisted of dingy and seedy clips and lambs’ wool, with only a few bright and well conditioned lots. Compared with prices realised at the January sale, medium and inferior crossbreds showed an improvement of id per lb. Fine and light conditioned crossbreds improved by about id per lb. There was a good demand for lambs’ wool. The following was the range of prices: Fine crossbred and Romney, Hd to Hid per lb; medium crossbred. Kid to lid; coarse crossbred 9d to lOd; inferior 1 and logstaiued, Sid to Sid: pieces, 6id to 7|d; bellies, 6Jd to Sid; lambs, good lid to HJd; lambs, medium 9)d to 10id; lambs, seedy 7ld to Bid; lambs, very seedy 6d to 7d. AVo sold the following lines:— TEOWHANGA, crossbred. Hid; AVPJ/K, lambs Hd; TTB, crossbred lOd; HD, lambs. Hid. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd. We submitted a catalogue of 3150 bales, out of a total offering of 16,000 bales. The attendance was very large, all the buyers who have been operating during the season, being present. Our catalogue contained some mce, bright, attractive lots, and, taken on the whole, the condition of the wool was rather above the usual average of February offerings. Competition was very keen and animated and prices, generally speaking, were fully a halfpenny above January rates. Very few lots of half bred wool were shown. There was a good offering of lambs' wool, but a large proportion carried seed in a more or less degree. The range os prices obtained in our catalogue is given belo-w: Merino, medium to good, 10Id to Hd inferTSTAld to 9pi per lb; halfjsed, "fftetfr nm to good Kid to Hid.. imerkir 9d t<9id; crossbrexf~ihgßmm to fine, supeno Hid. tBTTlfd; medium to good 10‘d t. Hid, inferior 9d to 9Jd; crossbred coarse ■medium to good 9Jd to 10id, inferior to 9pi; pieces, medium to good 7d to Bd. inferior 5d to fijd; bellies, medium t< good 6id to 7Jd, inferior 5d to fid; locks inferior id to sd; lambs, superior Hi, to 12id, medium to good 9Jd to Idfd, inferior 7d to 9d. James Macintosh and Co. There was a full attendance of buyer, representing English, Continental an< American, houses, while the local mill, and buyers competed eagerly for suitabl lots. The wool generally woe in ligtuci

condition than is usual at this time of year, but a largo number of lots opened up very seedy- Our catalogue consisted oi a good selection of medium aud coarse wool, for which very satisfactory prices were obtained. Compared with the January sale prices for super wools barely held their own owing to want of competition on the part of American buyers. while ordinary medium and coal's® sorts sold at a full id ‘advance. Lambs' wool, with the exception of super, sold in buyers’ favour. Pieces and bellies sold at late rate. We sold on account of Messrs Kunxmer Pros. 8 bales crossbred ewes 10|d, a bales crossbred hoggets 10Jd, 33 bales coarse crossbred ffjd; account of Mr T. OTtourke, 7 bales crossbred owes at lOdj on account oi Mr H. T. Hume, 58 bales medium crossbred ewes 10id, 58 bales cot ted crossbred Spl , n bales hogget 10d, 10 bales first piece-, Sid, II bales second pieces 7id, 15 tw ice bellies 74d; on account of J. A. Uvjv- > 7 bales of coarse lambs at lOdj on account of Kummcr Bros., S bales lambs 9id. Abraham and Williams, Ltd. Competition was keen for all qualities. Prices were higher than January sale for id to Jd on coarse and nieamiit qualities, whilst the liner wools were bettor by Id per lb. Super Jambs-were in good demand, but seedy and discoloured lota were irregular, pieces aud bellies again sold well. Our catalogue comprised 1840 bales, and we made an almost total clearance under the hammer, Semin of our prices were aa follows: MP over O. 3 bales half bred l2id; TKE.ATA.i2 bales first crossbred Hid, 10 bales crossbred lOd, 4 bales ootted aid, 3 bales bellies and pieces 71d; 0.C.C./PAPAAVAI, 8 bales A crossbred 9 bales P cross, bred lOd, 2 bales bellies and pieces Bid: Glondryneoch over hoof, 9 bales A first combings hoggets IOJd. 13 bales A first! combings ewes 9d, 10 bales crossbred ewes 10id, 3 bales hoggets IOJd, 5 bales first pieces SJd, 8 bales bellicm Tid; JCM/X, 11 boles coarse/ hoggets 9Jd, as bales coarse ewes 9id; W.J.0., 16 bales crossbred 9Sd; C.X.Z., 35 bales crossbred, 10i; TKALTEEE/L.H.P., 10 bales A crossbred lOid. 3 bales B crossbred 9id: AH AHA, 3 bales lambe 114; AAV., 10 bales lino hoggets 10id, 29 bales crossbred lOd; Pi/PUK-tUiA, 9 bales lambs lid; ACK, 3 bales lambs lid; S in a circle, 3 bales scoured fleece laid; 181/11, 5 bales lambs lOd, 11 bales crossbred hoggets 9id, 27 bales crossbred 10d; SPA, 89 bales crossbred owes and hoggets KMd; A.A.A., 11 bales crossbred lOjd. 4 boles lambs 10id; GF/C, 6 bales lambs 9d. Levin and Co® Ltd. Our catalogue represented 3400 bales* There was again a full attendance of buyers. For this period of the year the quality was good, and several nice dtps were offering, but none of the light conditioned line Romney type. There was present, however, a largo proportion oi dingy, coarse, and seedy wool, and most of the wool was heavier in condition than at the earlier sales. This must ba taken into consideration in comparing prices. ■Competition was keener than aO any sale this season, and prices tor coarso and medium wools wore 4d up on January rates. Rough dingy lines sold well up to January. Lambs' wool sold up to 12id. We sold the Clifton Grove clip, from Wairarapa, 24 bales UJd, and 19 bales lid; Te iiangitumau, 8 bales Hid, and 12 bales lid; and Horoa, from Wanganui, 14 bales ll|d, and 5 bales as Hid. Nearly every Jot in the catalogue was cleared. The following is the range of prices: '

The following are same of the result so PAK.OHE, 10id; WL. 10Jd; UO.uuA, Hid, Hid, Wids M/WALMANU. Kid; TIRAUMEA. Hid. Wtd, XOid; D VV iid. Hid, 10id; CLIhTON GROVE, Hid, IL. lfi|d; TB RANGTTUMAU Hid, ih.. AVE&AITI, lOJd: RIVBRIANJJW, Ua f BURTON FIELDS, Hid, 10id, halfb/vi 12id. B/AVAXAWA, Hid, XOid. MAJJir, Hd. Lambs—KOAVHAi. Hid; MARSHLANDS, Hid; ROWLANDS, lOlid; A BELL, 12d; RS in circle. lOJd ; PAKOHB. Hid; HOROA, lOjpi; RBVVANUI, 10id; iTTOKI, Hd; TTRAUMLA, 10id: TE RANGITUMAU, and IHd: BPELNGiIiLL. Hd; BEAM-tiR-TON, 12*d; BURTON FIELDS, Hid. ■ New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Go., Ltd. We offered a representative catalogue of- Wellington, Vvwrarapa, Manawatu and Bush wools to a full bench of Home, Continental and. American buyers and Now Zealand mills- and scourers. Lhe wools shown wore chiefly 36/40a quality, carrying a fair amount of seed, but extremely light in condition for this tun? of the year; and those descriptions suitable tor C Bradford met with a great reception, and sold at id to M par Ib over our most sanguine expectations. Finer qualities. 46’a and upwards, were m fair demand and sold at about last sales values. With respect to lambs wool the Continental buyers were much in ovidence, and practically cleared, tho su nerior lots at from Hd to 12d. heedy and medium iambs sold at Horn 74d to lold Pieces,' bellies and locks wero well competed for at late ruling rates, but tS showing seed and heavy m condition were perhaps slightly easier. Taken right through tne sale was an unqualified successV and we must congratulate growera on the satisfactory, prices ruling, which wo consider ar© right up to prices iHmg in London. The following are some of our sales:— JDVV/88, J. D. Wells, crossbred, l«id P Hop b ai. Ralph Mills, crossbred, 10*1 P “ Mconj. MAM, M. A. Moody, crosebr W. N. Waldin. crossbrfu. 10i Llcwcilyi Williama, crossbred, 10 jT7bpring' Grove, J. and J. G. Taylor, crossbred fine, 10id to Hid per lb. CN/P C. Neilsen, crossbred, 10id per lb| Lincoln, XOd per lb. B, crossbred, XOid. per lb. JMcG, L. McGowan, crossbred line, 114 crossbred fine, IOJd per lb. LMCo/AV, JB in square. Mrs Nolan, AVest Coast, 5.1.. crossbred fine, Ha, Pe A\ r P/H, AV. Page, crossbred, IOJd per lb;’lambs, 12d. BAV. E. L. Wilton, crossbred super, 13d per lb; lambs, Hid per lb. JB/Linton, J. Batchelor, Eomney, 10jo. PC PEP, F. E. Pickering, Eomney lambs IOJd per lb; Eomney super, 12d per lb. E L, J. Ludeman, lambs, lid per lbTT|T, ,W. B. Tremewan, lamias, XOJd Pe AS/M. E, Shannon, lambs. Hid per lb. Branch, Mi’s L. G. Mcßeth, hall bred, W TP/if e T. Fowler, crossbred, IOJd per lb. r,vV',TH. T. il. Windley, Eomney HM per lb. _ , . . P/Tividale, Percy Bros., Braetord, oneoi •>ry well grown and stylish crossbred dip). 9id to 10id per lb. ■’lTividale, Percy Bros., Braeford (one ol •he best Eomney Lincoln clips shown at the sale), crossbred hoggets, iqd to 10|o per-lb; crossbred. IOJd to Hd per lb; Lincoln, 9Jd per lb; pieces and bellies, TJd to Sid per lb. .IDA, Jos. D’Ath, Eomney crossbred, lOd to IOJd per lb. And other crossbred clips too numerous to mention. 9|d to 10k! per lb; bush wools', Bid to 9|d per lb.

Jan 8.1913 Feb 7,1913 Per Jb. Merino super Merino Halfbred super ... 10i to Hi 9} to 10 Tip to 12} None oSrgNone oflrg. Noneofi'rg. Halfbred medium 10t to Hj Romney super ... Crossbred super... 12 to 12} ii to ia Crossbred medium 9} to 10i Crossbred, inferior 81 to £>i 8} to 9} and coarse 8J- to 9} 8} to m Dp to 8i Dp to B} ft to 9i 6} to Vj Bellies tO 8} 6} to 7} Stained pieces and 5i to oi 5 to Crutohings Lambs super 6i to 7f 11 to 12t SS to (4 ni to 12 Lambs medium... 9} to 10} 9} to 10}

Jairaaxy To-day's 1913. prices. ; d. d. d. tl. Merinos .... Sitoldi (None offm'ntf 10* to 13 19 VO Vo* Super crossbreds llitolSi Noneoil5?n-J Fine crossbreds... U to 12* 11 tO 1 i Med. crossbreds 10 toll 1U to ] ! , Coarse crossbreds 9 to 10 1 ■ irnrnr Ini'er’r crossbreds 8j| to 94 8i to si Pieces andibeliies 7ito 9 7i VO ii ; Locks drfr 'fco 6* *4 to Lamlbs, good 11 toll* 11 to!., Lambs, medium SitolOi ■ 9* lo n , XambSj seedy, inir 7 to "i to i/.j