RABBITSKIN SALES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 August 1938, Page 3

RABBITSKIN SALES

The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association report on the Dunedin rabbitskin sale on August 2 as follows:— Catalogues were slightly smaller at our sale today, but competition was very good from a full bench of buyers and prices for all grades showed an advance as compared with last sale. The demand was good for low grade and all early caught skins which advanced from Id to 8d per lb. Competition was also very keen for all lines,of winter skins. Bucks improved Id to 4d per lb, while does sold at prices from 2d to 4d per lb better than last sale. The following is the range of prices:—Small 7Jd, summer broken 131 d, summer bloodstained 13d, summers runners 14d, milky 13Jd to 21-Jd, autumn broken 26d, autumn bloodstained 28Jd, racks 23d, dawny autumns 23d, 2nd early autumns 27d, early autumns 28|d, 2nd late autumns 48d, late autumns 57£d, 2nd incomings 58Jd, incomings 67jd, 2nd early winter bucks 75 jd, 2nd early winter does 44|d, Ist early winter bucks 941 d, Ist early winter does 56d, spotty bucks 81|d, spotty does 49jd, 2nd winter bucks 97d, 2nd winter does 57Jd, Ist winter bucks 109 d, Ist winter does 68Jd, prime bucks 109 d, prime does 70d, outgoing bucks 69Jd, outgoing does 40Jd, Ist spring bucks 46{d, 2nd spring bucks 20d, Ist spring does 31d, 2nd spring does 25d, summer fawn 12d, autumn fawn 36d, winter fawn 62d, summer black 81d, autumn black 18d, winter black 53d, outgoing black 21 d, hareskins 23 jd to 45 jd, hair 25Jd.