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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 152, 6 October 1910, Page 3

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALE. MR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, .September 27, I held my usual four-weekly sale of above produce. The catalogue comprised 20 bales and 97 sacks wool, 23 casks and 84 tons tallow, 1441 'hides, 3400 sheepskins, 7046 calfskins, besides the usual assortment of cowtails, horsehair, etc. There was a large attendance of 'buyers and competition was keen. My offering of wool consisted principally of crutchings, which sold well at late rates, fleece and dead being %d to %d higher. Sheepskins met with excellent competition; dry sold well at prices equal to those ruling at my last sale, while damp and salted showed a substantial all-round advance. Ox hides, for the class offered, sold on a par with late rates, no first-class stout bein," offered. Cow hides, well-flayed and goodconditioned, advanced y 2 d to %d, and sold as high as 7y 2 d per lb. Average butcher hides were y 8 d higher. There was a large catalogue of calfskins and the prices realised were about the same as last sale's, with the exception of a few special lines, which sold as high as 1i1,%d, being a record for the season. Tallow advanced 30s to 3os per ton. i quote:— Wool —Best crutchings 5%d to Gd, medium 0141 to 01/>d,o 1 />d, inferior 4%d to sd, fleece 6%d to 7%d, lambs 7d, first d«.ad 7V4<l to 7y 2 d, second dead '6% d, locks 2d to 3y 2 d, black GVid, scoured pieces BV^d, skin pieces 2%d to 4d. Sheepskins—Fine crosslbred By s d, or 6s to 8s Gd leach; medium crossbred 8d to Sy 4 d, or 6s 4d to S)s 4d each; crossbred (coarse) 7'Ad to 7%d, or Gs 3d to 9s 9d each; lambs 6%d to 7d; hoggets 7%d to 7%d; spring lambs 5y 4 d; damaged Gd to 6y t d ; dead 6d to 6%d. Second quality crossbred 0y 2 d to 7d; lambs Oy 4 d to f>%d; second dead 5d to 5y 2 d; dead lamlbs 5%d to 5%d; black 6d; second dead 4y 2 di to 5y 2 d. Damp lines as follows:—Heavy wool 9s 2d, 9s Gd, 10s. v ld to Mis 4d; full-wool 6s 4d, 63 7d, 6s MM, 7s, 7s sd, 7s 9d to 8s 3d; ihoggets 4s 3d, 4s '6d, 4s WM, ss, 5s 6d to 5s lid; lambs 2s !)d, 3s, 3s 2d, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; dead 3s, 4s 2d to 5s 8d; damaged 2s 7d, 3s 4d, 3s 9d to 6s Id; dead lambs lOd, Is to lis 4d; pelts 4d to fid; salted lines, fullwool, 5s l'ld, 6s 2d, 6s Bd, 7s Id to 7s lid; •hoggets 4s 4d, 4s Gd, 4s lOd to 5s 4d; damaged 3s Gd, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; dead 2s 3d, 3.s Gd to 3s !)d ; lambs 2s 3d, 3s to 3s Gd; pelts 9d to lis I'd.

Hides Ox stout 7 1 / 2 d to 7%d, medium 6%d to 7 a /4d, light 6%d to 6%d, superior medium 7d to 7y 2 d, superior light 7d to 7y g d; cow, iheavy superior 7d to"7y 4 d, superior medium 7d to 7y 2 d, superior light 6%d to 7d, ordinary .heavy cow 6d to 6'M medium ;5%d to 6y 2 d, light Gy 8 d to 6y 2 d, slippy 5%d to 5%d, cut cow 5y 4 d to s%'d, cut ox to Bel; farmers' cow. heavy to 6d, medium 6%d to s%dj light 5%d to 6d, cut cow 4y 3 d to sd, sli PPy cov v 3d to 5y 4 d, sound yearlings 6y 2 d to Bd, cut vearlings 4y 2 d to 01/*!o 1 /*! slippy 4i/ 2 d to 4%d, stags 5d to 5y 4 d." Horse hides—Heavy l'ls to 12s 6d, medium 8s 6d to 10s 6d, slippy 10s to l'2s dry 3s 3d, cut horse 8s to 9s Gd. C&lfskins -Special lines, clean and well taken off, 10y 4 d, 10% d, Hliy 8 d to 1(1 %d: firsts 9%d to HOd; firsts, small. B%d to 9y B d, seconds 9d to 9y 2 d; seconds, small Byid to B%d. dirty 7y 2 d to Bd, fleshy 7%d to 8y 2 d, first cut 7d to 7%d, badl'v cut si/ 4 d to 5y 2 d, slippy 7y 8 d to 7%, badly slippy 2d to sd; dry calfskins Is 7d j to 2s Id each. j casks, best mixed 28s 9d to j 295, medium 28s 3d .to 28s Gd, inferior 26s to 2fe 3d; in tins, best lines 27s 9d to 28s, medium 255. 6d to '2fis. Bones, £5 2s per ton. Horsehair, lis 5d per lb., : Cowtails, Is 7d per doz. I Pigskins, Gd each. My next sale will be held on October 2a.