SHEEPSKINS, HIDES, ETC.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 45, 23 February 1931, Page 4

SHEEPSKINS, HIDES, ETC.

PRICES SLIGHTLY FIRMER. PALMERSTON NORTH SALE. A firmer tone was evident at the wool, skin, ancl hides sale held by Abraham and Williams, Ltd., at Palmerston North, on Thursday. Although the wool catalogue consisted chiefly of bag wool, buyers were keen to receive /suitable lots at rates in excess of those at the last sale. Bidding was brisk for dry sheepskins, and prices showed a rise of J Ad per lb. The prices of salted skins remained unaltered. Calfskins and light cow hides sold at late rates, but medium and heavy cow and ox hides were firmer by %d to %d per lb. There was a large entry of butchers' tallow, which met the market on an advance of Gel to 1/ per cwt. BETTER AT WELLINGTON. ! The fortnightly sale of sheepskins, hides and tallow was held 011 Friday by the combined Wellington brokers. Competition was animated, and prices for dry sheepskins showed an appreciation of from Vid to Vsd. Salted skins were dull of sale, the market receding Id to 3d per skin. There , was a keen demand for hides, and all superior-conditioned lots sold at an advance on last sale's level. Heavies made from Vid to %d higher, and medium's and lights Vsd higher. Kip, yearling and calf, were on a par with late rates. Tallow was in poor demand, prices being again lower by 1/ to 1/6 per cwt. The range of prices is as follows:— Dry Sheepskins.—Halfbred, 3%d to 3%d; fine crossbred, 3%d; medium crossbred, 2Msd to 3d; coarse crossbred, 3%d; half wools, 3d; quarter wools, IVtd to 2%d; pelts, Id to 2%d. Salted Skins.—Pelts, 7d to 1/; quarter wools', 9d to 1/1; half wools, 1/3; lambs, 6d to lOd. Hides.—Ox, 331b to 441b, 3%d to 4Vsd; ox, 451b to 521b, 3%d to 4%d; ox, 531b to 591b, 4d to 4%d;. ox, 601b to 691b, 4d to sVsd; ox, 701b and over, 4%d to sVsd\ cow, 331b to- 391b, 3%d to 4%d; c'ow, 40lb to 481b, 3Vid to 4%d; cow, 491b and over, 3%d to 4V 2 d; kip, 251b to 321b, 3%d to 4%d; kip, 17lb to 241b, 2d to GVsd; yearling, 111b to 161b, 4%d to 6%d; calf, 91b to 101b, GVsd to 6%d; calf, 61b to 81b, 5%d to 8d; calf, lib to 51b, 3Vsd to B%d. Tallow.—ln casks, 15/ to 17/; in tins, etc., 10/ to 13/. ■Sundries. —Cow tails, B%d to lOd. IMPROVEMENT AT HOME. Writing of the leather and hides market in, Britain as at January 10, a correspondent of "The Times" says:— "A rather steadier tone was apparent at the auctions for hides and calf skins held at Manchester this week, the only alteration in regard to ox and heifers being a reduction of Vsd per lb on the two top wjeights in both the clear and warbled classes. Both classes of cows in the GOIb and up weight were %d per lb dearer, while bulls and calf skins made last | week's prices. Supplies coming into the I markets are not large for the time of the I year, and this fact probably accounts for I the steadiness. Although the actual turnj over in foreign hides shows no appreciable improvement a better tone pervades the market, and hopes are entertained that there will be an expansion in the demand. Already there are signs of greater interest in hides, particularly at certain centres of origin; for instance, during the past week both European countries and the United States of America have been interested in the frigorifico market, and the business reported has amounted'to a fair aggregate. On the other hand several other producing centres are unable to announce any improvement in turnover."