SHEEPSKINS AND HIDES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1939, Page 3

SHEEPSKINS AND HIDES

WELLINGTON SALE. ' LITTLE CHANGES IN PRICES. WELLINGTON, This Day. At the sale of sheepskins, hides and tallow held yesterday by the Wellington brokers, dry sheepskins were unchanged and damaged and inferior sorts id to |d a lb lower. Light hides were from par to l-8d a lb higher, medium and heavies and kip, yearling and calf were unchanged. The range of prices is as follows: — Dry sheepskins: Halfbred, 71d to 9£d; fine crossbred, 8d to 9Jd; medium crossbred, 6£d to 9:;d; coarse crossbred, 7d to 9:;d; half-wools, 5.? d to BJd; quarter-wools, 4:, ! d to -7id; pelts, 2i|d to 5Jd. Salted skins: Three-quarter wools, to 4s 6d. Hides: Ox, 331 b to 441 b, 4 5-8 d to 5 5-8 d; ox, 451 b to 521 b, 4-fd to 5 5-8 d; ox, 531 b to 591 b, 5 3-8 d to 6d; ox, 601 b to 691 b, 5 3-8 d to 6 l-8d; ox, 701 b and over, 61d to 7d; cow, 331 b to 391 b, 4d to 5 5-8 d; cow, 401 b to 481 b, 3Jd to 5 5-8 d; cow, 491 b ahd over, 3jd to 51d; kip, 251 b to 321 b, 4 5-8 d to G.'.d; kip, 171 b to 241 b, 2;;d to 7 5-8; yearling, 11 lb to 161 b. 3d to 8d; calf, 91b to 101 b, 6d to 8 3-8 d; calf, 61b to 81b. to 8d; calf, 1 lb to 51b, 4d to 10 3-Bd. Tallow: In tins, Ils a cwt. Sundries: Cow tails, 9id to 9?d a dozen; horse hair 18Sd to 21,“d a lb.