WOOL SALES

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 302, 5 December 1936, Page 6

WOOL SALES

Values At Napier Showed Little Change. Press Association —Copyright. Napier, Last Night. Values for wool at. the opening sale of thC| season at Napier to-day, except. ’for' hoggets which were fully twopence easier, showed little change on market prices at Auckland on last, when an advance up to 80 per cent, was recorded on prices for the opening sale last year. The top price of the sale was 23’Rl for four bales of halfbred, while another .good- price was 23d for a line of six bales of Corriedale cross. Hoggets generally were much larger grown than those offered at Auckland, which accounted for the values bein'g easier. Good styled fleece wools sold well, with extra good quality ewe fleeces make up .to 18? M.

There was a keen demand for 'necks, bellies and pieces, lots of this type of wool frequently' realising well over the shilling mark and reaching the high level of 17?,d. • Just over 27,000 bales were offered to a. full bench of buyers. The clip in general was equal to 'the best offered in Hawkqs Day for some years, being clean and showing a definitely improved tendency towards finer quality. Preparing wools constituted the bullc of the offering, .’while there was a good percentage of bright, short-grown, carding sorts and ideal spinners? lines. Bradford was in the market early in the sale but dropped out .to a large ■ extent before the first catalogue had been completed. Thenceforth, the market was dominated by' Japanese and American interests, with the French taking lots to suit their requirements, particularly pieces, although their buying orders were not -disclosed. There was every indication that Japanese buyers, who were . fin the market for all 'types of wool, would list at least 60 per cent, of the offering. -' ' The range of prices was: — Southdown: A 20d to 23d, B 16d to i9Jd. Halfbred 56/58: Super 21d to 23d, average 19d to 20Jd, inferior nil. Halfbred 52/56: Super 20d to 21Jd, average 18d 'to 191 d, inferior 16d to 17d. Extra fine crossbred, 48/50: Super 18d to 19? d, average 15Jd to lG^d,' inferior 14d to 15d. Fine crossbred, 46/48; Super 17d to ISd, average 14Jd to 15Ad, inferior 12d to 13Jd. Medium crossbred, 44/46: Super to 17|d, average 14d to 15id, inferior 113 d to 13Jd. Coarse crossbred, 40/44: Super 17d to 18d, average 14d to 15£d, inferior nil.

Strong crossbred, 36/40: Super 16£d lo 17m, average 14d"to 15id, inferior nil. Hoggets, 56/5B: 20d to 22Jd, 52/54 19d to 21 d, 48/50 154 d to 16|d, 46/48 15d to 16d, 44/46 nil. Lambs, Down; Not sufficient to quote. Necks: Super 15Jd to 17d average 13 d ‘to IflJd, inferior and seedy lid to 12d. Pieces: Super 13d io 141 d, inferior and seedy 91d to 10M1. Bellies: Super 12d to 13d, average lOd to lid, inferior and seedy 81d to 9d. Crutchings; Super 14d to 15d, average 12d to 13d, inferior and seedy 7?d to 9d. Locks: Crossbred 8d to lOd.