RABBITSKIN MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 June 1938, Page 3

RABBITSKIN MARKET

+ KEEN COMPETITION AT DUNEDIN. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand, Ltd., report as follows:—“Large catalogues were submitted to the usual attendance of buyers at our sale on Wednesday, when competition was keen for all grades. Low grade and summer skins were firm, with racks and early autumns Id to 2d per lb. better than last sale, the demand for late autumns, incomings and early winter grades was good, and prices advanced from 4d to 17d per lb. Larger quantities of winter grades are now coming to hand, and were keenly sought after at prices from 2d to 12d per lb. better than last sale. The following is the range of prices:—Small, 6d; summer broken, 10jd; summer bloodstained, IOd; summers, 103 d; runners, 153 d; milky, 10.3 d to 14d; autumn broken, 193 d; autumn bloodstained, 283 d; light racks, 23d; prime racks, 23d; dawny autumns, 23d; 2nd early autumns, 25d; early autumns, 30d; 2nd late autumns, 46Jd; late autumns, 68|d; 2nd incomings, 52d; incomings, 72|d; 2nd early winter bucks, 63?.d; 2nd” early winter does, 42Jd; Ist early winter bucks, 80d; Ist early winter does, 52Jd; spotty bucks, 60d; spotty does, 42jd; 2nd winter bucks, 75d; 2nd winter does, 49Jd; Ist winter bucks, 92d; Ist winter does, 62d; prime bucks, 94d; prime does, 63d; outgoing bucks, 54id; outgoing does, 303 d; spring bucks, 27d; spring does, 20d; summer fawn, 12d; autumn fawn, 281 d; winter fawn, 44£d; summer black, . lOJd; autumn black, 22|d; winter black, 43d; hareskins, 19jd to 32£d; hair, 22d.