DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 95, 23 April 1926, Page 4

DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

COMPETITION KEEN:

PRICES;' ABOVE 1 MARCH 'RATES,

X' (Bj -Telegraph—Press - Association.)

DUNEDDf, Thursday. The-fourth wool sale of^the .season "was held to-day, when 2500 bales offered, mostly'of late shorn and strag-r.-ler wool's, which were* heavy .'in .condition' and showed, a good deal of seed. .Tor a last sale of' the-season there was a very large attendance 'of buyers,: and under-keen competition: a good-clearance 'was'--' effected. In view, of the inferior quality...of tlie' offering the' prices, were a*veiry" saiisfac(orj*. X -,••''.' X-.Compared with the March sale Merinos we're dearer.by about Id, good average ". .half breds I'd; '.to-.' I'd, - crbssbreds par 7to ' jd advance, bellies and pieces Id' dearer. Crutchings also sold" well.. The ;f ollowing is the range of prices: ■MerlnoT— : ,•'..'.'• Super ............. 18Idto IOJd Average :...,.....'.. 161d-to ißd Interior/'Z...;z........ I4jd to 16a Fair Halfbred— ."''■:■--■■' Average ........... 16id to 19d ; Inferior' ..;...;....: 14d to I6id Medium Halfbred — Average ........... 15j« to 173 d Inferior .:.....V... .12! dto 14Jd " Coarse Halfbrfd — • • • X"-: Average 1.314 to. .1 old Inferior 12d to 13d -Fine Crossbred— - - -•. a' • ... —„-.---.••.-- Average „,.,.....i 13d to 14d •-• . Inferior . lOd' to ll|d;. < Medium Crossbred —- -■•__;'■ .. . Average ....* .AHA to 12Jd Inferior ... .... Old to 101 d BELLIES AND PIECES.'. Merino— '.•■'-.'•"' . ■'.- Good to super .... lljd to 13d Low to medium .... ;9d to lOJd••** Halfbred— -; Good to super ...... 13d to 13Jd . Low to medium .... Od -to 11 Jd ; Crossbred—r" - .Good ..tbl'super ...... -"10d to 12(1 Low. to "medium ;... 6d to 3d .. . Medium, to good ..... 8d to 9j_d . Inferior and qeefly '~>-"'* 3d to 6Jd : : Locks-—' ■'//- :,.-/■ -*-v - ~-.' ■■■■■! ' Merino , ■~».: ....... ..r. 7Jd' to BidaHalfbred . .......... *, 6Jd to 7Jd . Crossbred. ...*-,....-.-. f5Jd to 6§d < SYDNEY. BEST SORTS bl DEMAND. -. '..XX-X April 22.----wool AU £S_.T^ '" 4oT oxtra P rime *^^^^^o^i_tm, * s_________________-.'*-X-;"> '7