COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 19 September 1916, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

HIDE AND SKIN REPORT. DALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD, We held our fortnightly sale of sheepskins, hides, tallowy oddments of avool, etc., to-day. There Avas a large and representative attendance of buyers, and all classes of produce Avero keenly competed for. Sheepskins advanced dto Id per lb, and oddments of Avool sold at increased rates. For, hides and tallow prices were well maintained. Sheepskins.—l2|d, fine crossbred 12<X to 13d, medium coarse crossbred lid to 123 d, short and halt wools G*d. to 101 d, dead and damaged crossbred Gd to IOJ.d, inferior and badly damaged 4d to Sll<l, lambs S3d to 12-Id, damp, salted and green 6s Sd to 14s 2d, pelts 3d to 73d. Hides. —Ox heavy lid. to 12|d> os medium lid to 12d; ox light lOd tq Hid, coav heavy 10 3-Sd to lid, cO'WS medium 10|d to llfd, cow light 10d tfli 10 7-Sd, cut, slippy and inferior 7d to lo|d, bull stag 7-ld to 7.fd, yearlings lOd to 11 3-Bd, calf super. .131 d t<r 14 1-Sd calf medium to good lid if 13 3-Sd, calf damaged 8d to 11 5-Sd. Tallow.—lu casks 28s, in tins, etas 24s Gd to 29s 9d Sundries.-—Rabbitskins I Id, opossum skins 6d to 3s Id, horsehair Is to 13 id, cow tails Is. Our next fortnightly sale takes place on Friday, 30th September, and our first main wool sale on 15th November.