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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 245, 22 February 1911, Page 7

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALE. MR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, 14th inst, I held my unsual four-weekly sale of above produce. The catalogue comprised 122 bales and 235 sacks of wool, 2744 sheepskins, 34 casks, 3 kegs and 37 tins tallow, 1718 hides, and 1224 calfskins, besides horsehair, cowtails, bones, etc. The attendance of buyers was large, competition keen and prices satisfactory. Wool sold well at prices equal to those ruling at my last sale, with the exception of a few lots of fine lambs and fleece, which advanced %d per lb. I submitted a large catalogue of hides, including 850 from the Waitara and Patea freezing works, and every line met with excellent competition throughout the sale. There was a very strong demand for good-condition-ed heavy-weight ox hides showing good substance, for'these prices being very high, showing an advance of %d to Id per lb. Some lines sold as high as Bd, 8y 4 d, BM.d to B%d.' Cow hides sold well at late rates. Tallow advanced 10s per ton. I quotesWool Fine crossbred 7%d to Bd, coarse crossbred 6y 4 d to 6%d, inferior fleece 5%d to fid, stained and cotted 5%d to Od, line lambs 7d to 7%d, crossbred lambs 6i/ 4 d, 6yj>d to o%d, seedy lambs l'/ 2 d to s'/ 2 d, black fleece od, black lambs 4'/ 4 d, first dead 6d to 6y 4 A, second dead 5d to 5 J / 2 d, inferior dead 3%d to 4d, dead lambs 6y 4 d, crutchings 3%d to 3%d, pieces 7d, lacks and pieces 2'/od to 3d, bellies 4»/ 2 d, locks >/ a d to 2y 4 d, skin pieces 2 1 / 4 d. . Sheepskin's—Medium crossbred fullwool Cd to O'/od, coarse crossbred 5d to 5%d, first lambs 5d to 5%d, second lambs 4'/ 4 d to 4%d, damaged 2%d to 4y 4 d, dead 4>/ 2 d to od, dead lambs 3%d, pelts 3%d, 4d tn 4y 2 d, damaged pelts iy 2 d to 2>/ 4 d. Damp lines as follows:—Full-wool 4s 6d, os 9d, Gs, (is Id to fis 7d; lambs, Is 7d, Is lOd, 2s, 2s 2d, 2s 3d to 2s 7d; damaged skins, Is 7d, 2s, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; damaged lambs, lid, Is 2d, Is 3d to Is ad; pelts, 3d, 4(1, Gs, Bd, 9d, lOd, Is Id to h sd; damaged pelts, Id to 4d. Salted lines as follows: Woolly, 3s to ss; damaged woolly, 2s 0d t 2s 10d to 3s; lambs, Is Od, Is lid, 2s 3d, 2s 3d, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; pelts, 9d, Is, Is 3d. Is sd, Is 6d, Is 7d, Is lOd, 2s, 2s 3d to 2s 8d; lambs' pelts, 6d, 7d to&l; damaged pelts, Cd, 9d tO lid;-- ■

Freezer hides—Ox, extra stout, Sy 4 d to B%d, stout 7Vi>d to Bd, heavy 7d to 7%d, medium 6%d. to 7%d, light Cy 4 d to oy 4 d, y 2 d to o%d, medium Cy t d to o%d, light to 0%, cot cow s'%d to 5%, stags 3d to s'/ 4 d. .

1 Butcher hides—Heavy ox 7d to 7y B d, medium 6y 2 d to 6%d, light 6d to G%d, cut ox 5%d, superior light G%d; superior cow, heavy 6%d to G%d, superior medium o%d. to G%.d, superior light G%<! to G%, superior cut cow Gd, ordinary cow heavy Gy 4 d to <l'/ 2 d, heavy stout - o%d, medium Oy s d to «%d, light G'/ 4 d to G%d, cut cow 3d to 5%d; farmers' cow 4>4d to S'/jjd, slippy Id to 4%d. cut 2d to od. dry 3d to 5y 2 d, stags 4'/ a d to 5y B d, cut stags 3d to 3'/ 2 d, yearlings 4y„d to G'/ 4 d, I special lines G%d to C%d, slippy yeari lings 2'/ 4 d to 3>/ 4 d, cut 3d to 3%d. Horse hides—Sound as Gd to 9s, ponv 4s 9d, cut 4s to Bs. Calfskins— Frists o%d to 7d, seconds O'/jd, slippy 3>/ 4 d, 4d, 4%d to 4%d, cut 3</ 2 d to 4%51, dry (Id, Is to Is 4d each. Tallow—ln casks,, best mixed 27s to 27s 6d,' medium 28s 3d to 2Gs !)d, inferior 23s Gd to 24s (hi;'in tins, b<>st lines 26s ikl to 27s Gd, medium 25s 9d. Horsehair, Is 4d to Is 6d per lb. Cowtails, Is Gd per dozen. Pigskins, Gd each. Bones, £5 per ton. My next sale will be held on March 14.