WELLINGTON WOOL SALES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 10 January 1913, Page 3

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES

Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd. Out of a total of some 20,000 bales, wo catalogued 4,750, The condition of the wool, generally speaking,- did not compare favourably with. December sale's offerings, a large proportion of the lots showing out very eottel and sprinkled with hutiwai seed, which discounted their selling value to some extent. Taken as a whole, the wool was a little heavier in grease, than at last month's sale, although, hero and there, there were parcels equally light in grease. The major portion of the wool, however, was. not df a. high order, consisting' mostly of fair, top-making sorts. There was a large attendance, of buyers, and competition was spirited, and, at times, very animated, but 1 hardlv so general as last month, ami as there were very few American wools offering, the competition from this section was' not keenly felt. Prices for the best wools may be said ' to be a half-penny to three-farth-ings per lb. lower. For the ordinary wools, the average decline in prirr* may be roughly stated at a farthing to a halfpenny per lb all round, while pieces wore a good halfpenny lower, j Lambs wool was not forward in any quantity and sold freely up to lid to 11-kl for good clean lots. We made a total clearance of our catalogue, selling about 4.000 bales in the room, the lots withdrawn being mostly those which carried high reserves from owners. We quote as below:—Merino. Good 10d lid. Inferior S?d 9kl. Hiltbrod—lOkl 12*d—9tl 10(1. Grosbred Fine—Super-lid 11-kl. Medium-Good 10d lid, Inferior 8i n'.d. Crossbred Medium--lid Hid—--9d 103d—8Jd 9d. Crossbred Coarse— Old lOicl—Bd od. Pieces—Bd 10*d—--7d Sd,--5d 6J-d. Bellies— 7*d 9Jd— G£d 7id—od 6d. Locks—4d 51(1. Lambs—lid Hid—lOd 103d—8:kl Od. W.F.0.A.. The Wairarapa Farmer's Co —op., Assn. Ltd., Wellington, report as follow,. —"The second sale of the season ' was held in the Town Hall to-day, there was a large attendance of buyers, and a very large catalogue of i wool was submitted. Compared with ' the December sale prices of all descriptions were lowbr. fine crossbred jld to lid. and Coarse and Inferior Crossbred id to 3d per lb. Lambs' wool-.sold .well as did also pieces, bellies and locks. Prices were as follow: Medium halfbred 10d to lid, Fine Crossbred and Romney lid to Is kl. Medium Crossbred 9i to 10id Coarse Crossbred 8-kl to 9R Inferior and logstained 8d to Bfd. Pieces 6*d to 73d. Bellies 63d to BJd. We sold on account of Mr E. Eglington, 31 bales Romney 11J.. on account of Mr F. G. Harms-ell, 30 bales Crossbred lOd. JamesMaciniosh ..and Co. Messrs James Macintosh and Com- ' panv report: The second sales of the '■series was held here in the Town Hall on the Bth inst., when a total offering of about 26,000 bales was submitted by all brokers. There' was ! a very large attendance of buyers, and bidding was keen throughout the sale. Prices for wools .suitable for America showed a drop of about id to Id per lb.. Other fleece wools were 'down from about id to id per lb. , The following will give an indication of the prices realised: Super x bred, lid to 12id; medium x bred. 10kl to 10fd ; coarse x bred, 9i<l to 10; South''down, 12d; Ist lambs. Hid to Hid; 2nd lambs, 9-id to 10id; pieces, 73d to B|d; bellies, 7d to 7|d ; locks and stained pieces, 5-id to 6Jd; cm tellings,' 6id to 8. Senile of the best prices <realised by us were: JM over OTARAIA. medium ewes 10* d to 10Jd. super ewes 12Jd, Ist lambs Hid, 2nd lambs 10id, pieces B£d; WH over TAUANTJT, fine x bred 1«. medium and coarse 10* d; MATAUIA, Southdown Is Ist lambs Hid, medium x bred 10id to lOld; K. BROS.,x bred lOd; AOM.. medium x bred 10i<l