WOOL BROKERS' REPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 11

WOOL BROKERS' REPORT.

I The Auckland Wool Brokers' Associa- | tiou have to report on the second Auck- • land -wool sale of the season as follows:— I At the first sale of the 1926-27 season held in Auckland on 26th and 27th November, 18.155 bales of wool were offered and 93 per cent of the offering sold. This satisfactory clearance has been experienced at all the Southern sales, with a regularly reported hardening, especially for finer grade wools. It was, therefore, with the utmost confidence that woolgrowers and brokers ' looked forward to the local sale fixed for February 21 and 22. The Wool Committee, Wellington, fixed 20,000 bales as the limit that should be , offered by the Auckland brokers at this I sale. As this allotment was filled by the ! 7th January, it means a considerable carry-over to the sale to be held on 17th March. The question of limitation of catalogues has been very fully ventilated in the Press and the Auckland brokers, while appreciating the advantages to tue trade geenrally to have sales reasonably regulated and I limited, felt they had a real grievance ! because other centres more favourably situated with regard to sales had their limits increased from the previous year, while the Wool Committee refused to j allot Auckland any increase. [ The wool on offer opened up in exceli lent condition, a large percentage being • early shorn wool, which missed the first sale and was consequently very light iu the grease. As is usual at the second sale of the season, there was a considerable percentage of earthy, bush-stained and j seedy wools, but, taking the catalogue {right through, the offering was the best yielding clip ever offered at a February I Auckland sale. The number of bales offered by the j various brokers and the order of sale was i as follows:— X.Z. Loan and Mercantile .Agency Co., Ltd.. 4347 bales; Dalgety and Company, Limited, in conjunction with the (North Auckland Farmers' Co-op., Ltd., '5932 bales; Abraham and Williams, Ltd., 13463 bales; Alfred Buckland and Sons, I Ltd., 1957 bales; The Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering Co., Ltd., 4578 bales. The demand wis exceptionally keen from all secj tions, Bradford, as usual, taking the largest I amount, while Continental buyers were jwell to the fore and a considerable per•centage of the offering went to Germany, i ranee and America. j Compared with the November sale. medium crossbred was Id higher, fine i crossbred 2d higher, halfbred about the same. Lambs' wool 2Hd higher, bellies and pieces Id to l*&d higher. The appreciation on fine wools and lambs reported from the South was fully main-1 tamed at the Auckland sale, but there is; very little fine wool grown in the Auckland Province. The local growers will, therefore, benefit by the improvement in' the lambs' wool and pieces. j The steady demand right throughout the wool-selling season is very encouraging' and it certainly looks as if prices are going to be stabilised at present-day rates, which, of course, is much more satisfactory to growers and everyone in the trade, than violent fluctuation!. «

The following table gives the range of ices realised at the present sale, com.red with the opening sale in November: Feb.. 1027. Nov.. 1926. erino Average 20id. — me Half-bwu 38, 50/SS, 0G — Super — l«!d to ?«}<l Average ... IRJU to IJ»<J 14«1 to1.*.;»l Inferior ... IGJU to I"J«1 KM to lojii edium Halfbred 50/ 50. st>— Super lolutolGJd — Average .. 14d tol.Vl 13d to 15d Inferior .. 13d to 13Jd lUd to lid larsor Halfbred 4S '5U — Super 15d to Km] 13}dtol4^d Averase ... 13d to 14id lljd to 13«1 Inferior ... Hid to ll»id to lljd iue Crossbred 4*5/48— Super 14d to I."}d 12<1 to lCJjd Average ... I'J&il t» 13£ d H»ldtolli«l Inferior ... loid to lid yjd to IWJd edium Crossbred 44/40— Super 13£ d to 15d I2d to ISiil Average ... 111<1 to lXd Hijd tolled Inferior ... lOd tolljd l»d to lOd i>a rse Crossbred 40-44— Sui>er 12d to]3id l-'d to 13d Average ... lid toll2«l lO'.dtollid Inferior .. . 'Jjd to IVJU Wii to KHI ow Crossbred S«/41>— Super Hid to 12il — Werage .. . lud to lofcd Hid to lOJd Inferior »d to lud sd to »d oggets — Fine, 48/50. 14d to ICjd — Fine. 4«,'45. 12Jd to KJd 14d to 15id Medium. 44 '40 r_M to I.'hl I'Jftd to 13Jd Coarse, 40/44 llidtol3Jd lOd to r_'i<J « nibs — Fine. 44 50 13Jd to lOJd lOJd to 12JJ Medium. 40/44 U'id to 13Jd — Seedy aud Inferior . 7d to lOId — ;ellien and Tleces — Crossbred — liood to Super ... lOd to 15id 0d to lld Low to Medium . . 6Jd to 9id Gd to Od Criilchings— Medium , to Good ....SJdroOid «d to BJd Inferior aud Seedy.. 5Jd to "Jd 4Jd to Gd •ocks — ■ , Halfbred — W Crossbred 5d to CJd Md to 0d SOME TOP PRICES. The following is a list of the top prices ealised: — ~,-«.. i * WB over L— i bales lambs lo*d. Pakohu (skirted)-7 bales crossbred ine A 13d. ' ul \K over P—s bales crossbred fine loUd. JH over K. — 5 bales crossbred fine, kilted, 15' cd. 4 bales crossbred 13%»d. RM over F—9 bales crossbred fine A, kirted. loVid. JUT over T-9 bales crossbred hoggets . ... Tekaraka—4 bales crossbred AA, ikirted. 16? id, 67 bales crossbred A 15d. Punarua—s bales first lambs, skirted, s\«d. WM over XZ-j bales crossbred hoggets, fine, ljVid. Okahukura —4 bales crossbred, fine A. lo'Jid. JB—s bales crossbred ewes, fine, ikirted. 16d. Mangatangi—6 bales first lambs, skirted. ohid. McD over O —6 bales crossbred hoggets. ;wes and wethers, skirted, 16% d, 5 bales :rossbred, fine, 15% d. Te bales lambs 13Vid. TB over R—3 bales Southdown hoggets, ikirted. 18% d, 8 bales Southdown ewes. ikirted, 18d. MC—5 bales first tnree-quarter bred loggets 17 l .id. 6 bales medium threejuarter bred hoggets 15\d. 4 bales firet ;hree-quarter bred ewes 16^sd. Triangle—4 bales Corriedale 17% d. JJF over M—4 bales crossbred hog- » jets 15% d. , , ._ , . WE bar Waireia—4 bales halfbred hogTahora—3 bales halfbred hoggets 154 d. JF over Awakino—s bales hoggets IY over Riverslea—lß bales fine Romney ewes A 15d. 10 bales crossbred Corriedale and Romney hoggets 15% d. hM/a-4 bales halfbred 16Hd, 8 bales crossbred fine lod. JP in a Diamond — 8 bales halfbred «— \f J 'HUE—4 bales first lbs super 15dOpiako—4 bales crossbred AA loUa, 6 bales croesbred hoggets A 17d. Ratanui—s bales crossbred fine lo^td. WF over W—7 bales Romney 13d. AW in a Circle—4 bales Romney A and hoggets A 15d. AAT over R—4 bales lbs A 15?»d. MK over Maraetai—Merino and halfbred. 6 bales, 20d. WGR—I3 bales first halfbred 19Ud. 11 bales first halfbred ewes 18% d, 6 bales first halfbred hoggets 16d. JMN—S bales Romney lambs loud. Kohia—6 bales lambs loMd. R &. C over Ardstrath—7 bales Romney A hoggets 15* id. JMD over W—* bales halfbred 18d. A2 —4 bales halfbred ewes and hoggets, skirted. lS^sd. Motutapu— i bales three-quarter bred wethers 15% d, 6 bales three-quarter bred ewes lod. 6 bales eup. crossbred hoggets 16d. 8 bales sup, lambs 15U. Waiti—B bales halfbred Merino ewes, skirted. 20% d, 4 bales halfbred Merino hoggets, skirted. 18% d, 3 bales halfbred Merino wethers and hoggets, skirted, 18\id, 4 bales fine crossbred 16*4 d. BB—7 bales crossbred hoggets 15Hd. 3U over TE—6 bales lambs, skirted, 15% d. JSS—6 bales fine crossbred, skirted, 16d. Brooklyn—6 bales fine croesbred A, skirted, laHd, 6 bales crossbred A 15d. JD—4 bales hoggets . Lacewood —5 bales fine hoggets A, skirted. 17d. RG —5 bales fine crossbred, skirted, 13d. M A A R A—7 bales hoggets, ekirted, 15d. A S A over Koutu —5 bales hoggets, skirted. 1514 d. NE-p5 bales fine crossbred lod. D in a Diamond—22 bales ewes A, skirted. 15d. Ashdale—4 bales hoggets. skirted. 7 bales fine crossbred, skirted. 15d. A P P—4 bales fine crossbred 15Hd. J G over Galatea—ll bales Romney hoggets A 15V&d. Edwinstone — 4 bales Southdown, skirted. 17% d. C H W—B bales hoggets, skirted. 15\4d. R in a Circle—6 bales Shropshire, skirted. 17% d. T over Te Opu—s bales lambs 15% d. —8' over Wainiai—7 bales lambs, first. 16% d. HAW over O —s bales hoggets, skirted, 15d. H B over Otetao—s bales halfbred Corriedale hoggets A. skirted. 16 bales halfbred Corriedale ewe, skirted. 16d. F A C—s bales Corriedale ISUd, 19 bales fine crossbred 15d. Dunmore^—s bales first lambs 16 l -id. F A C —6 bales lambs, super. 13^=d. O R over Glenmethveu—7 bales fine crossbred hoggets loMd. 9M—6 bales crossbred, skirted. 18d. L A 4, C>., Waiheke—s bales F crossbred, skirted. 18d. 0 B over Putiki—6 bales halfbred hoggets, skirted, ISV&d, 5 bales M. crossbred, skirted. 18*1. Esslin —4 bales M. crossbred, skirted, 15% d. H L bales Southdown 18% d. D—6 bales crossbred, skirted. 15d. V A S—4 bales B crossbred, skirted. 15% d. Wicklow Hills^ —8 bales A crossbred, wethers, skirted, 15% d. -~C W over Parehern—M bales F crossbred, skirted, lod. J A B—4 bales first D crossbred 15% d. B 7—7 bales Corriedale, skirted, 17Vkd. Ngaheia—4 bales lambs 16% d. R M over W—3 bales lambs, skirted, lottd. W over K in Square—47 bales F crossbred lod. C over W—s bales crossbred, skirted. 15% d. WHS over Te Ngae^—s bales A crossbred hoggets I6u. A A over T K—ll bales F crossbred, skirted, 15d. 0 R A—4 bales first crossbred hoggets • AFF Co- over S S—l3 bales A half slipe lambs luud, 18 bales B three-quarter elipe lambs 16% d. nag-e bales lambs 15d, *r-?*