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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 16, 13 July 1911, Page 3

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALE. MR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

On Tuesday, July 4, I held my usual four-weekly sale of the above produce. The catalogue comprised 12 bales and 72 sacks wool, 2740 sheepskins, 16 casks, 3 kegs and 40 tins tallow, 978 hides, 231 calfskins, besides the usual assortment of bones, horsehair, cowtails, etc. There was a good attendance of buyers and competition was keen, wool and sheepskins being on a par with late rates, any change being in favor of the buyer. I did not have any first-class lines of stout ox hides to offer at this sale. Prices realised for the classes offered were equal to those at Inst sale. Best lines of cow .hides sold at late rates, ordinary cow in most cases declining %d per lb. Tallow declined 10s per ton. Quotations:—Wool—Coarse crossbred 7d to Vf-d, cotted <%d to 6%d, coarse lambs' 7d, seedy lambs' sd, crutchings 3y 2 d, 4y 2 d, 4%d, 5d to 5%d, pieces 3%d to 4y 2 d, scoured pieces 9d, first dead (i'/jd, second dead sd, locks 3d to 3%d, skin pieces 3d. Sheepskins—Coarse crossbred half-wool 6y 4 d, 6%d to 6%d, second grade halfwool sVid, o</ 2 d, 5%d to fid, hoggets S'/od, 6d, G'/id, GVid to 6%d, quaiterwool 3%d, 4d, 4%d to 6y 2 d, pelts 2d to 4d, dead lambs' 4d to 4y s d, dead damaged 2%d to 3%d, damaged half-wool 4yd to 4Vod. Damp lines as follows: Full-wool 5s Bd, 6s to 7s Od; three-quar-ter-wool 4s od, 4s 6d» 4s Bd, 4s 9d, 5s to 5s 4d; hulf-wool 2s 9d, 3s, 3s 3d, 3s 6d, 3s 7d, 8s lOd, 4s to 4s 3d; quarter-wool, 2s, 2s 2d, 2s 6d, 2s 7d to 2s 9a; pelts, 2d to 6d; damaged, 2s, 2s 6d, 3s 4d to 4c 3d; black, 3s 8d; dead, 2s, 2s 3d to 3s; dead lambs', lOd to Is sd. Salted lines, full-wool 8s 9d; three-quarter wool, 4s, 4s 2d, 4s 3d, 4s sd, 4s 7d, 4s 9d, 4s lOd to 5s 4d; half-wool, 2s 6d, 2s §d, 2s lOd, 3s, 3s 4d to 3s 7d; damaged, Is to 2s 3d. Hides—Ox stout 7%d, heavy o%d to 7'/ g d, extra heavy ox Gd to o%'d, medium 6y 2 d to 6%d, light 6d to 6Vj 'l, cut ox S'/od to 5%d, superior medium 6%d to 7Vid; cow, superior heavy 6%d to 6%d, superior medium 6%d to G'/ 2 d, ordinary heavy cow 6%d to B%d, medium 6'/ 8 d to OVid, light 6d to 6%d, sloppy and wet 5%d to Dd, cut cow 4%d to 5%d; farmers' cow, heavy 4%d to 5%d, light 4y 2 d to o'/jd; stag, 4d to 4%d, cut stag 3y s d; slippy cow 4d to 4y 2 d; yearling, 5%d to 6V4dj special lines 7d to 7y B d, slippy 3d to 4d, cut 3%d to 6%d. Horse hides—Heavy 8s 3d, 10s 9d to 16s 3d, medium 7s 3d, 7s 9d, 8s to 8s 9d, light 4s Gd, cut horse 6s to 5s 9d. Calfskins—First 7d to 7%d, seconds G%d to 7d, cut 4%d to sd, slippy 3Vs<l to 5y 4 d, dry calf Is 5d each. | Tallow—iiest nnxea z-is to 24s 6d, medium 23s Gd to 23s 9d; in tins, best 23s I 1 3d to 245, medium 19s; in kegs, 23s Gd. i Horsehair, Is 7d per lb.

Cowtails, Is 7d doz. Pigskins, Is each. Goat skins, 6d each. My next sale will be held on August 1 N.Z.L. &. M.A. CO.'S REPORT.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Stratford branch) report:— We held a clearing sale at Mr. H. P. Webber's on July 5, as advertised, at his property on the Mountain road, near Stratford. There was an exceptionally large attendance, from 160 to 170, from Toko, Midhirst, Cardiff, Stratford, Eltham, Ngaere, Kaponga, Normanby, Hawera and Kapuni. Mrs. Webber laid a very nice lunch, which was much relished by those present, after which Mr. Budd announced the starting of the sale, commencing with the sundries, which were keehly competed for and realised full market values as follows: Grass mower 105s, hay rake 955, plough 102s 6d, hillside plough 355, disc harrows 117s | 6d, tine harrows 325, chain harrows 58s, milk cans 17s, etc., after which the pigs were disposed of, a sow with young at foot making 100s, bow 92s Gd, pedigree sow 97s Gd, boar 245. Hoggets made up ; to 9s Id, and angora goats from 44s to 52s 6d per pair. The herd of dairy cows were of well-known quality, and were exceptionally keenly competed for, 32 cows making an average of £lO ss, which w<i think constitutes a record for the district up to the present time this season. One cow sold at £l3 7s Cd, two at £l3, and the downwards to £7 17s 6d, while it few cows, in milk and backward, made from £5 to £6 as. There was a nice line of two-year-old heifers, Jersey cross,.which were well competed for by local speculators and farmers, the first choice of live falling to a local speculator at 1355, the next three realising 120s, and the balance 82s 6d. A pedigree Jersey bull was bought iii by the owner at 20 guineas. Altogether the sale was an exceptionally good one, and both vendor and buyers seemed pleased after the Bale with their operations.