WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9223, 22 June 1909, Page 7

WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report as follows regarding Friday's sale:—We offered 45 hales wool, 2,500 skins, 600 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 —The catalogue was largely composed of crutchings which met with strong demand and sold at very satisfactory prices. We quote— Crossbred fleece 5d to 7fd, iambs, Gd to 7fd; superior crutchings, 3d to sfd; medium crutchings, 4d to 4£a; inferior crutchings 3d to 4d: pieces and bellies, 2d to 4d; locks, l£d to 3d. Skins—Market very strong and advanced a half penny. We quote—Fine crossbreds, 7d to crossbreds, 6d to 7£d; dead skins, 3d to s£d; dead hoggets, 4d to 6d; short wools, 4d to 4£d; dry pelts, 2Jd to 4Jd; green skins, 4s 2d; lamb skins 3s to 3s 3'; lamb pelts, Is 6d to 2s 9d. Tall w —Firm. Parcels in shipping order, .£24. Tins, £lB to £2O 10s; fat, £lO to £ls. Horsehair—ls to Is 4d per lb. Horns—ss to 16s per hundred. Cow tails —Is 3d to Is lOd per dozen. Hides—Steady. Good competition, but the late high prices were not maintained. Market for ox was a farthing lower; light temined steady. Calf advanced a half-penny. We quota—Ox Hides (heavy), 6fd to 7fd; ox hides (medium), 6d to 6£d; ox hides (light), 5d to 6£d; cut and slippy hides, 2d to sd; stag hides 2|d to 4|d; bull hidfs, 2d to 4|d; yearlings, 5d to 6£d; calf, best, 7£d to 9£d; calf, medium, 5d to 7d; calf, cut and slippy, 3d to sd. Or next sale will be held on Friday, July 2nd. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: —We offered a large catalogue of all classes to a good attendance of buyers. Prices realised were as fo'.lows:—Wool — Market firm with slight advance. Crossbred, 6d to B£d; lambs, 6d to 7fd; pieces 3|d to 5Jd; crutchings, 4d to 6d; locks, 2d to Sheepskins—Prices showed an advance of about Jd per lb; crossbred, fine, 7d to 7£d; medium, 6d to 6fd; shorts, 5Jd to 5Jd; broken, 3d to s£d; pelts, 3Jd to 4ia; hoggets, 6?>d to 7id; shorn hoggets, s|d to sfd; merino, 4d to 6fd; crosbsred, damp, 3s 5d to 6s 4d; crossbred hoggets, damp, 4s sd. Hides—Heavy sorts were- slightly easier, but calfskins showed ari°advance of Jd to Jd, realising as high as 9£d. No prime heavies offered. Ox, heavy, 6£d to 6|d; medium, s£d to 6£d; light, s&d to s§d; cut, sdtos£d; slippy, 4<i§ to 5Jd; cow, medium, s|d to s|d; cut, 4§d; dry, 4Jd to 4Jd; bull, 4£d; yearlings, 6§d; cut and silppy, 4§d to s£d; calf, best, 9d to 9£d; medium, 73d; inferior, 4£d to s£d horse hides, 6s 3d each; cowtaili, Is 9d per dozen"; horsehair, Is 4d per lb. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., report as follows: —We bdd our usual fortnightly sale on Friday. We are pleased to report higher prices for wool and skin?, the advance on fleece wool and sheepskins b=3ing from £d to |d per lb. Crutchings were firm at last sale prices. Hides in sympathy with Australian markets were lower by £d to id per lb, but calfskins were in keen demand at id advance on late rates. We quote—Wool: Coarse crossbred, 6Jd to crossbred, inferior, and seedy, 4£d to 6d; I lambs, medium, 6£d to 7Jd; crutchings, good, 5d to s|d; crutchings, seedy and inferior, 3-Jd to 4Jd; locks and pieces, 2£d to 8&d. Sheepskins —crossbred, fine, 7d to 7£d;. crossbred, coarse, 6d to 7d; lamb skins, 6Jd to 7JJ; dead and faulty skins, 3d to s£d damaged pelts,. Id to 3d good pelts, 3Jd to 3fd salted and damp skins, 2s 9d to 6s 5d each. Hides—Ox, medium, 53rd to 6£ per lb; cqw and light ox, 5d to s|d; faulty hides', 2idto4Jd; calf, sound, to 9d; calf, damaged, ,4:1 to 7d ; tallow in tins, 21s 9d per cwt; horsehair, to Is 6d per lb.