WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9180, 1 September 1908, Page 3

WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report as follows regarding Friday's sale:— ' We offered 40 bales wool, 2,000 j tskins, 500 hides, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool—The .market was quiet, but prices on a par ! with those of last sale. We quote—.Medium crossbred, 4d to s|d; inferior, 2d to 4d; lambs wool, 4d to .sd; pieces and locks, Id to 2d; good crutchings, 3£d to 4d; mtdium crutchings, 3d to 3Jd; seedy nnd inferior, lid to 2|d. Skins—Market; firm at last sale rates. We quote Fine crossbreds, 4d to Sid; Crossbvcdi, 4d to 4|d; dead skins, 2d to :3JrJ; dead hoggets, 2d to 3Jd; dry pelts, Id to 3d; lambskins, 3dtosd; jn-een pelts, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; green famba woolly, 2s to 3s lOd; green lamb pelts, Is 6d to 2a 6d. Tallow— Firm Parcels in shipping order, £2 3. Tins, £lB to £2l 10s; rough fat, £lO to £l3. Horsehair—ls to Is 3d per lb. Horns—ss to 17s 6d per lvinclred. Cowtai's—ls 4d to Is 8 1 par dozen. Hides—Better demand. Prices for ox were quite a farthing fc-fcighirp,- rows a halfpenny higher; while calfskins remained the same. We quote-Ox hides (heavy), 5Jd to 1 Gi.i; ox hides (medium), 5Jd to 5Jd; o.c hides (light), 4d to 4&d; cow hid is, 4d to 4Jd; cut and slippy hid 3?, 2d to 3|d; stag hides, 2Jd to ;;,; bull hides, 2d to 3d; calf, best, . 4i to (sd; calf, cut and slippy, 2d to .frA Our next sale will be htld on Fri September 11th. Messrs Daigety and Co., Ltd., repirc as follows on their fortnightly sda of wool, skins, hides and tallow on Friday:—A large catalogue of all classes was submitted to a full attendance of buyers from all parts of the Dominion, bidding showing more spirit than,at previous sales. WoolPrices showed an advance of id per lb, crossbred fleece selling from 3d to [ 4id; crutchinga, 2|d to 3id; locks i and pieces, 2i"d; lambs, 3£d; seedy » lambs, 2fd. Sheepskins-Advanced f about Jd per ib; fine crossbred, sgd; crossbred, 4Jd to sd; crossbred, d-jad, 3id; crossbred, broken, 3d;, crjssbreds, shorts, \23d to 441; crossbred, seedy, 2id; crossbred, half wools. 4d to4±d; crossbred, damp, 3s Id to 4s 3d; half wools da-np, Is 7d to 2s lid; shorts damp, la 3d to Is 6d; crossbred lambs, 4Jd to 4Jd; crossbred lambs damp, Is tid t) 2s lOd; crossbred la.nus, dead, 4£d; halfbrod, 4d to s*l; merinos, 4d; pelts, 3id. Hides-Prices in-, creased on last .sale from id to §d per In. No orima lots were offered. Ox, (52 to 651bs, 5Jd to sgd; 53lbs, 5d jut lb, 391bs, 4Rd; 481bs, cut, 3|d par lb . Cows-52 tosslbs, 4§d to 4id; 42 to 44lbs. 4&d to 4Jcl; cut and slipoy, 3d to 4d. Heifers—29lbs, 35d. Yearlings—l6lbs, 3ld. Calf—51bs, 5Jd to 5Jd; 61bs, 5Jd; 91ba, 45 i; cut and slippy, 3S*i to 4gd. Talow—ln shipping order, £24 15s per ton; casks, £23 ss; tiua, 22s per cwfc; sacks fat, 24s 9d per cwt Sundries—Horns, lis per 100; tails, is 4d to 2s 3d per dozen. Our next salo will be held on Friday, September 11th. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows:—The sale* on Friday attracts a large' number of buyers, and prices obtained were decidedly higher •viian those ruling for seme time past. Our catalogue), comprised some fair sized lines of station crutchings, for which there was keen competition. W'Lquote: Wool—Crossbred crutchittM. medium to good, 3.} dto 4d; , a-issbred crutchings,seedy and heavy, 1.1 to 3d; crossbred fleece, stragglers, 4d to sd; crossbred lambs, medium, to 4|d. Sheepskins—Crossbred, fine, sdtos|d; crossbred, coarse, 3£d to 4il; pelts, sound, 2£d to 3£d; damaged skins. ldto3id; green skins, 3s 4d to 4s 5d each. Hide3—Ox, madium, to sJd'; ox, light, to 4|d; cow, light, 3id to 4d; damaged hides, 24dto3d; calf, sound, sJci tr 6gd; calf, damaged, Id to 4fd. TallowGood mixed, to 24s 9d per cwt.; in tins, 21s to 225.