HIDES AND SHEEPSKINS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1939, Page 3

HIDES AND SHEEPSKINS

WELLINGTON PRICES. LITTLE CHANGE REPORTED. , (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Little change in prices was seen at the sale of sheepskins and hides held yesterday by the Wellington brokers. Competition was less keen than at previous sales, but a good clearance was made. Sheepskins: All grades met keen competition with sound-pelted fullwools selling at unchanged prices. Damaged and inferior lines were slightly easier. Hides: Alt grades of ox and cow were slightly lower, the easing being generally l-8d a lb. Kip and yearling were unchanged, while calfskins were Id a lb dearer. Tallow: The offering was small, and there was no quotable change in prices. The following is the range of prices: Sheepskins Halfbred, 7d to BJd; fine crossbred. 7d to 9,{d; medium crossbred. 6i ! d to 9jd; coarse crossbred, 6 : ;d to 9,',d; half-wools, 5Jd to 9d; quarterwools, 4jd to 7d; pelts, 2,|d to 4}d. Hides: Ox 331 b to 441 b, 4 7-8 d to 5Jd; ox, 451 b to 521 b, 4 3-8 d to 5Jd; ox 531 b to 591 b, 4!d to 6 l-8d; ox, 601 b to 691 b, 5 5-8 d to G.Jd; ox, 701 b and over, 6d to 7Jd; cow, 331 b to 391 b, 4d to 5 5-8 d; cow. 401 b to 481 b, 3.}d to s£d; cow, 491 b and over, 3d to sid; kip, 251 b to 321 b, 4 3-8 d to G.Jd: kip, 171 b to 241 b, 4 5-8 d to 71d; yearling 11 lb to 161 b, 4 5-8 d to Sid; calf, 91b to 101 b, 5 l-8d to 8 3-8 d; calf, 61b to 81b, 6d to 10? d; calf, 1-lb to 51b. 3d to 10" d. Tallow: In casks, etc., 11s a cwt; in tins, 7s.