WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3209, 8 June 1909, Page 7

WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs Levin anJ Company, Limited, report as fol'ows regarding Friday's sale:—We offered 65 bales wool, 2,500 skins, 700 hides and calfskins and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. There was a good attendance of buyers and bidding was very spirited for everything offering. Wool.—Crutchings are coming forward freely and meet with strong demand. Prices for this class advanced a farthing to day. We quote: Crossbred fleece, 5d to 7|d; lambs, ssdto7Jd; superior crutchings, 5d to s£d; medium crutchings, 4d to4fd; inferior, 3d to 4d; pieces and bellies, 2d to 4d; locks, l£d to 3d. Skins.— Market very strong at last sale prices. We quote: Fine crossbreds, 6d to 7|d; crossbreds, s£dto6|d; dead skins, 3d to 5Jd; dead hoggets, 4d to 6d; gree.'i skins 3s to 5s 2d; lamb skins 3s to 3s 8d; lamb pelts, Is 6d to 2s 9d. Tallow.—Firm. Parcels in shipping order, £24; tin?, £lB to £2O 10s; rough fat, £lO to £ls. Horsehair.—ls to Is 4d per lb. Horns.—ss to 16s per hundred. Cowtails.— Is 3d to Is lCd per dozen. Hides. —Steady. Good competition |at late rates. We quote:—Ox hides, ! heavy, 7d to 7|d, medium, 6d to 7d, j light, 5d to 6Jd; cow hides, 5d to s|d; cut and slippy hides, 2d to sd; stag hides, 2|d to 4gd; bul' I hides, 2d to 4|d; calf, best, 7Jd to 'B|d, medium, 5d to 7d, cut and slippy, 3d to sd. Our next sale will be held on Friday, June 18th, 1909. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows:---We ottered a fair sized catalogue of wool, skins, hides, and tallow. Buyers were well represented and prices realised were quite up to last sales:—We quote: Wool: Crossbred, clean, 6Jd to 7£d, inferior and seedy, 4£d to s|d; lambs, good, 6Jd tos7£d; inferior and seedy, 4Jd to6d; crutchings, good, 5d to 5Jd, seedy, 3£dto4ld; locks and pieces, l£d to 3£d. Sheepskins: Crossbred, fine, 6fd to 7£d, coarse, s£dto6£d; lamb Bkins, 6Jd to 7Jd; dead and faulty skins, 3d to 5Jd; damaged pelts, Id to 3d; good pelts, SJcl, to 4Jd; salted and damp skins, 2s 9d to ss; salted and damp lamb skins, 2s 3d to 3s lOd. Hides: Ox, medium, s|d to 6|d; cow and light ox, 5d to 5Jd; faulty hides, 2£d to 4£d; calf, sound, 6|d to B£d, damaged, 2d to 42d. Horsehair: To Is 5d per lb. Tallow: In tins, to 20s 3d per cvvt. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their fortnightly sale of wool, skins, and hides on Friday last, when they offered a good catalogue of all classes to a large attendance of buyers. Price? are as follow : Wool.—Prices were on a par with last sale. Crossbred, 6d to 7d; cross- ! bred lambs, 6|d to 7d; pieces, 3Jd to |4£d; crutcbings, 3d to 5Jd. SheepI skins.—Prices were on a par with last sale. Crossbred, 6d to 7d, crossbred broken and damaged, 4£d to sfd; pelts, 4fd; pelts damaged, 2c!; lambs, 6£d; crossbred damp, 3s 6d to 5s 9d; crossbred green, 4s 8d; crossbred salted, 3s Id to 4s Bd. Hides.— Prices were on a par with last sale. Heavy ox, 6fd to 7Jd; medium ox, 6dto6£d; cut, 5Jd; slippy, 3Jd to 5Jd; calf, best, 7Jd to Sgd, medium, 5Jd to 6£d, inferior, 3Jd to s£d; cow, medium, SJJ to 5Jd, cut, 5d to 51d, slippy, sd; bull, 3fd to 4£d. Rabbitskins.— 7£d to B£d. Tallow.—ln casks, 245; in tins and drums, 20s 6d <o 21s.