WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9657, 23 November 1909, Page 3

WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs Levin and Company. Ltd., report :ia follows regarding Friday's sale:--We oifered 2,000 skins, 1,300 liidjs and calfskin;;, aid a quantity of tallow and horsehair. There was Rood attendance of buyers. Won], —No wool was off ere I, all coming to hand hj: i g held fo: the sail on Friday, 3rd- December.. Skirts: Firm witli tendency in favour ut sellers, We quote :--Fiat; ciossbreds, Sd to 8;,UI; crossbruds, 7d to 7£d; skins 6 1 to G':ld- dead skins, -Id to 5?:!; dead Inggeta, 5d to skl; quarter to hall' wools, 4d to 5;/d; dry pulls, 2ht\ to <H; green pelts, to Is 8d; spring lambs, to Is Sd. Tallow: Firm: parcels in shipping order £23 15s; tins .£lB to £22 ss, fat £lO to £J9. Horsehair: Is to Is di pari l '. H v:is: 5s to 22s per hundred. Cow tails: Is Gd per dozen. Hides: We presented a good catalogue which met with strorg competition, and prices advanced -j|d all round. We quot?.. -Ox hides, heavy, Gkl to 7Arl; ox hides, medium Gd to 7j*d; ox hides, light, 6d to 7d;, cow hides, 6d to 65 J; cut and slinpy hides. 2d to s£d; stag bids, 2U\ to Mid; bull bides, 2d to sd; yeariiigs. 3dtoC>2d; calf hest, 7c[ to lOd; calf medium, 5d to calf cut and siif.py, 3d to sd. Our mixt sale will be held until Friday, 17th Bncember, 1909, as the next ordinary day falls upon the next wool sale day, 3rd December.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Wellington, report as follows : —We offered a good catalogue to the usual attendance of buyers. We did not oifer any wool atthis sale. Competition was good for everything offered, and prices remained on a level with last sale. We quote: Skins- Crossbred tine, 82d; half bred, Bfd to 9d; m-dium crossbred, coarse, 7d to 7Jd; mti'ino, 7kl; Ist daad, to Gd; 2nd dead, sd; in ferior ai.d short, 3d to 4|d; half wools, spring lambs Is 9d, pelts Is 8d to Is lOd, butchers' clamp skins best, 7s lid to 8s 2d, lighter, 7s Gd to 7s 7d. Hides: Ox.—No-heavy offeiing, Medium ox 6Jd to 7£d; heavy cow, 6|d; medium and G£d; damaged, 5d tos|d; good calf, lOd; yearlings, 6gd. Tallow: In tii s 20s 3d to 21s 3d per cwt.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd , report as follows:—At our fortnightly sale a fairly large catalogue was submitted. There was keen competition'for the bag wool offered, also for all sound skins and hides Sheepski: s are about Jd per lb higher than at last salt;,- hides arc alio higher, by Jd to Id per lb. Next skin sale date failing on December 3rd, our j second wool sale day, ths skin sala is poslpomd £>nd will be held on 17th ' December. We quote wool in bags: Dead wool 6gd to 7sd; pieces and belli's, 3fd to 5Jd; locks, 2Jd; to 4kl, Sheepskins.— ; Fine crossbred, 7|d to B|d; coarse crossbred, 6£d (o 7kl; dead shins, sidto6d; short wo.ds, to Gd; damaged skins, 2Jd to Gd; green and damaged bug wot Is, 4a 3d to 7s 9d each; green pelts, la 5d to Is 8d; lambskins, Is to Is 6d. Hides: Heavy ox, none offered ; i x medium, 6|d to 7|d; cow and light ox, o 6gd; faulty hides, 4d to s?jd; calf 1 est, 9|;l to lO&d; cllc medium, 7£.i to B|d; calf faulty, 3gd to 7|d. Tall j .v : In tin 3 to 21s 3d per cwt,

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report as follows:—We offered a large catalogue of aii classes to a good attendance of buyer?. Prices were as follows-—Wooi: Only odd lots offering. Crossbred Gidtoßid; dead, 7dto7£d; locks, 2£d to pieces, sd; - crutchings, inferior, 3£d. Sheepskins: In gooJ dirnanJ. g f rices par to Jd in tellers' favour a follows.—Medium halfbred, 8|; fine crossbred, 7fd to 8d; tn daim ar.d coarse crossbred, G£d to 7£d; crossbred broken, 4|d to 52-1; crossbred dead, s£d to Qi; crsslu'al shorts, sd; black, 4Jd; pelts, 3d to 5.!; merino inferior, 4|d; lambs, 55J; crossbred damp, 5s 6d to 7s 4d; inferior 4s b'd; pelts, damp, Is yd; Jambs, mp inferior, lid. Hides met with keen competition, and prices showed about a halfpenny advance. Ox, heavy, 65d to 7£d; medium and light, 6jd to 6Jd; cut, 5J.1; cow, 5Jd to 6|d; cut and slippy, 3J'i to s|ct; bulls, 3£d; yearling, 6gd; cut, 5:1; calf best, 9Jd to lOfcd; ..medium, 7Jd to B|d; inferior, 3£d to GJd; cowtails, Is B|l. Talhw: In caaka 243, in tins 225, rough fat 15a 9d.