OPOSSUM SKIN SALE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26640, 10 December 1947, Page 7

OPOSSUM SKIN SALE

STEADY DEMAND A supplementary sale of opossum skins was held yesterday, when a total of over 10,000 skins were offered to the usual attendance of buyers. Although the bulk of the offering comprised late caught skins, there were some good parcels forward from various North Island districts and parts of Southland. The preparation and get-up of the skins were, with few exceptions, fairly satisfactory. The demand was steady, prices for supers and firsts being, on the average, 6d to Is better, seconds 3d to Bd. while thirds were about par. Slates showed little change. Smalls, damaged, inferior, rough and badly stretched skins met limited competition and again sold at low rates. The range of prices is as follows: ■ Blues and greys: Firsts, 7s Id to 11s 4d each; seconds, 3s 9d to 7s sd; thirds, Is to 2s Bd. Pales: Firsts, 7s 4d to 10s 7d; seconds. 4s 5d to 6s 4d; thirds, Is to 3s Id. Red necks- Firsts, 7s lid to 10s 8d; seconds. 4s 7d to 6s 6d; thirds, Is lOd to 2s lid. Blacks: Firsts, 7s 9d to 10s; seconds, 2s lOd to 4s 7d; thirds, to Is 7d. Browns: Firsts, 10s lOd to 11s 7d; seconds, 3s to 4s 8d; thirds, 6d to Is 9d. Slates: Firsts, 8s Id; seconds, 2s 8d; thirds, Is Id. Small greys: Firsts, 3d to Is 6d; small blacks, Id to 3d.