VALUES FIRMER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1939, Page 9

VALUES FIRMER

THIRD CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE ALMOST COMPLETE CLEARANCE EFFECTED. AVERAGE LOTS IN DEMAND. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. March 3. The third wool sale of the season was held today when more than 24,000 bales were submitted to a full attendance of buyers. There was a good average selection, comprising mainly fine quality wools from the plains and foothills These opened up generally sound and well grown and of fair colour, but in most cases the wools were a little more dusty and were heavier in condition than at the earlier sales. The sale was notable for the very small total of passings. Of the catalogue of 24.233 bales, fewer than 250 bales failed to change hands at auction. It is seldom even in times of high prices that the percentage is so small. Bradford and Continental buyers, particularly German operators, were active throughout the sale, and there were a number of useful American orders. Japan bought little. Under a strong and widely distributed demand average wools improved in price by about’a halfpenny when compared with the rates at the second sale at the end of January. The improvement was general over all qualities, and as the bulk of the wool offered at the third sale is made up of average halfbreds, three-quarterbreds, and crossbreds, the result was satisfactory. Following is the range of . values:— d d

TIMARU SALE. RECORD CATALOGUE COMING FORWARD. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) TIMARU, March 3. From the records available the second final Timaru wool sale of the season. which is to be held on Tuesday, promises to provide the largest catalogue of any sale held in this centre. It is expected that more than 30.000 bales will be offered. The large catalogue is probably due to the fact that less scouring is being indulged in from year to year, and that the catalogue contains a larger proportion of back-country wool, chiefly merino, than is usually available. The clip has opened up in firstclass condition, and is well up to. the standard of what is usually offered at this sale.

Merino, 64/70. 60/64 — Extra super — to 15? Super 11? to 121 Average 10.! to m Inferior 9 to 10 Corriedale— Extra super — to 15 Super 11? to 13 Average 10 to 111 Inferior 9 to 9? Fine Halfbred. 58, 56/58, 56— Extra super — to 14? Super 11? to 13 Average 101 to 111 Inferior 9 to 10.5 Medium Halfbred, 56, 50/56, 50 — Super 111 to 121 Average 10 to 11 Inferior 81 to 91 Extra Fine Crossbred, 48/50Super 10J to 111 Average. 9? to 101 Inferior 81 to 91 Fine Crossbred, 46/48 — Super 10 to 101 Average 9 to 9? Inferior 8 to 8? Medium Crossbred, 44/46— Super 10 to 101 Average 9 to 9? Inferior 81 to 8? Pieces — Merino, good to super 10 to Hl Merino, low to medium 8 to 91 Halfbred, good to super 10 to 121 Halfbred, low to medium 8 to 91 Crossbred, good to super 8 to 91 Crossbred, low to medium 61 to 71 Bellies — Merino, good to super 8 to 81 Merino, low to medium 7 to 7? Halfbred, good to super 8 to 8? Halfbred, low to medium 7 to 7? Crossbred, good to super 7 to 8 Crossbred, low to medium 61 to 6? Crutchings— Halfbred, good to super 6 to 7:1 Half bred, low to medium 4 to 5.4 Crossbred, good to super 7,| to 8? Crossbred, low to medium 6 to 7 Locvs — Merino 4J to 5? Halfbred 4J to 51 Crossbred 31 to 45