WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9569, 16 August 1909, Page 7

WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs Levin arid Co., Ltd., report as follows regarding their sale on Friday last:-We held our fortnightly sale to-day, when we offered 45 bales of wooi, 2.500 skins. 460 hides and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. There was good attendance of buyers. Wool: A considerable proportion of the crutchings coming forward now are seedy and heavy. These met with poor demand, and are hard to sell at remunerative rates. For good crutchings, however, there is excellent demand, and at to-day's sale good lines were keenly sought after at an advance of a halfpenny to three farthings. " We quote:—Crossbred fleece 5d to Bd, lambs 6d to 7d, superior crutchings 5d to sfd, medium crutchings 4d to 4£d, inferior crutchings 3d to 4d, pieces and bellies 2d to4d, locks lid to 3d. Sk<ns: Strong at late rates with advancing tendency. We quote: Fine crossbred. 73 to 7|d, crossbreds Gd to ?H lambs skins 6d to 6Jd, dead skins 3d to sd, dead hcggets 4d to ssd, short Vvbols 4d to 4j|d, dry pelts 2Jd lo 4Jd, ureen skins 4s to 6s 4d. Tallow: Firm, I parcels in shipping order £23 15s, tins £lB to £2O ss, rough fat £lO to sis. Horsehair, Is to Js 2d per lb. Horns, 5s to 16s per hundred, i Cowtails, Is 3d to Is 7d per dozen. [ Hides: Strong demand for medium ox and cows. Heavies were easier. Calfskins advanced again. We quote: —Ox hides (heavy) 6d to 6|d, ox hides (medium) . s|d to 6Jd, ox hides (light) 5d to s|d, cow hides Pd to s|d, cut and slippy hides 2d to sd, stae hides 2Jd to 4Jd. bull hides 2d to 4Jd, yearlings 5d to 6£d, calf, best 7d to 9£d, medium 5d to 63d, cut and slippy 3d to sd. Our next sale will be held on Friday, August 27th, 1909. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows:—We offered a good catalogue of all classes to a large attendance of buyers. The following ' will give an indication of prices } realised. Wool: Prices were on a par with last sale, with the exception of good crutchings, which were Jd higher. Medium crossbred 5d to 6Jd, crutchings, best 4Jd to sid, other sorts 3Jd to 4£d, washed pieces s£d, locks lfd to 3d, dead Sheepskins: Prices on a par with last sale. Medium half-bred 6d, crossbred 4£d to 7jd, crossbred, dead 4id, ! crossbred, short 3!£d to 4d, shorts, damaged 2&d, pelts, inferior lfd to 2£d, crossbred hoggets 6d to 6Jd, merino 5Jd, merino, dead 3|d, crossbred, damp 3s 4d to 6s Hides: Prices on a par with last sale. Light sorts rather firmer. Calfskins recove drop at last sale. Prices were:--Ox, , heavy 6"Jd to 6§d, medium sgd to 6d, light s£d to s£d, cut sd, stag, cut 4Jd. cow, medium s|d to s§d, light s|d to s|d cut and slippy 3Jd to £4& d, bulls 4Jd, calf, best B|d to 9|d, medium s|d to 6gd, inferior 3f d to 4Jd, yearlings 6d, cut and slippy 4d to s£d. Tallow: In casks 23s 9d to 245, in tins and barrels 21s 3d to 21s 9d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows:—Buyers were in full attendance at Friday's sale when we submitted a fair sized catalogue. There was keen competition for wool, all sound pelted akins and hides at prices slightly in advance of last sales rates. Faulty skins met o 'with on y poor competition, and it is regrettable to note the numbers of rateaten, torn and neglected skins which are sent into the market resulting in serious losses to the farmers during the course of a year. We would urge all owners to take greater, care of their sheepskins. All that is required to save a skin properly is to hang it lengthways on a rail ut-.der cover with plenty of air until it becomes dry, and then pack it away out of reach of vermin until convenient to send to the market. We quute:— vVool: Crossbred medium fleece 6d to 7d per lb, crossbred, inferior 4 r l to s£d, crutchings, superior, none offered, crutchings, good 4d to 4gd, crutchings, inferior and seedy l£d to 3£d, iocks and pieces 2£d to 4Jd. Sheepskins: Crossbred, fine 6£d to TJ, crossbred, coarse 5Jd to 6£d, 1 imbskins 5Jd to 7.Jd, dead and faulty skins 4d to s£d, good pelts 3£d to 4£d, damaged pelts Jd to 3d, Hides: Ux, meHium 5Jd to 6£d, cow and light ox 4fd , to s§d, yearlings 5d to s£d, faulty hides Id to 4Jd, calf, sound, medium 7d to BJd, cult', damaged, 2Jd to s.|d. Tallow, in tins 21s to 22s per cwt. Horsehair, Is to Is 4cl per lb. Messrs Abrahar* and Williams, Ltd., report on their Wellington wool, hide and tallow sale, held on Friday, 13th inst.:—We offered a good catalogue of all classes of produce to a representative of buyers. Competition was spirited for all our offering. Wool pffered comprised mostly a very medium selection of crutchings, for which prices were on a par svith last sale. Skins and hides were also selling at about thß same level, although the damp skins we offered sold at higher prices, bur top price for a gocd line being 6s lid. We quote:—Wool: Clean medium crutchings 4§d to sd, heavy condition 4d to 4jd, inferior 3Ad to 3£d, rough crossbred sd, pieces 2|d to Skins: Halfbreds Bd, crossbred, mef dium 7d, coarse 6Jd to 6£d, lambs 6Jd, half wools 5Jd to fid, merino shorts SJd, dead seconds 3|d to 4d, good dead s£d, crossbreds, short and damaged 4id to fid, crossbred, damp and light 3s 7d to 4s lOd, medium weights 5s 7d to 5s 9d, crossbreds, good fis 2d to 6s 4d. 6s 7d to 6s lid. Hides: Heavy ox, medium i condition <j£d, med ; um ox 6d, light ; 5.? d, medium to heavy cows light damaged 4sd, bulls 4£d, beat 9|d, good B|d, ordinary 6d, damaged sd. Tallow, cask 3in shipping order, good fair quality 23s 9d per cwl, inferior 2.15, in tins 21s 9d, rough fat 17s. I '■ ' i ■ ii