WOOL TRADE.
JAPANESE BUYING. SALE AT CHRISTCHURCH. (By Telcgrapn.—l'recs Ar.s-ociation.J CHRTSTCHURCH, Monday. Japanese buying completely dominated the first Cliristohurch wool sale of the season, held to-day. Buyers with orders on behalf of Japan lifted the greater part of an attractive catalogue at prices 65 to 75 per cent above those at the December sale last year. The prices were-the best since 1929.
Practically . the whole offering of 28,010 bales was sold. It is estimated that the average value will be about £25 a bale, compared with £14 10/11 at the corresponding sale last year. The market was completely at the mercy of Japanese operators, who appeared to have r.o limits at all. The Range of Prices. The range of juices was as follows, rates at the sale in December, 1935, also being given before those realised today:— Merino.—Extra super, —, to 24} d; super, 15id to 17d, 21.] d to 23d; medium, 12Jd to 15d, 18Jd to 21d; inferior, lOcl to 12d, 15kl to 18d. Corriedale.—Extra super, to 19£ d, to 20.] d; super, 15} dto 17,1 d, 21 Id to 23Jd; medium, 12£ d to 15jd, 19.Jd to 21£ d inferior, lOd to 12] d, 17d to 19d. Fine Halfbrod. —Extra super, to 18} d, to 25.] d; super, lOd to' 17.] d, 20Jd to 22 Id; medium, 13d to 15fd, 18|d to 20Ad; inferior, lOd to 12ijd, lOd to 18Jd. Medium Half bred.—Super, 12£ d to 14.] d, IGJd to 19d; average, 10Jd to I2Jd, 14jd to 10Jd;; inferior, 9d to 10Jd, 12d to 14Ad. Extra Fine Crostbred.—Super, lOd to Hid, 183 d to 20d; average, BJd to 05Jd. 15Jd to 17:Jd; inferior, 7kl to Sid, 13Jd to 15 Jd.
Fine Crossbred. —Super, 9M to lOd, 15Jd to 18; average, Sd to 9d, 13Jd to 15;$d; inferior, 71 to 7fd, 12] d to 13Ad.
Medium Crossbred.—Super, BJd to 9d, 133 d to 151 d; average, 7-Jd to Sd, 12Jd to 13Jd; inferior, Od to 7d, 9|d to 12d.
Pieces.—Super, to 14d, 19d to 22Jd; good, lOJcl to 12d, IOJd to ISJcI; medium, BJd to 10, 14Ad to lOd; inferior, 7d to Bd, lid to 14d.
Bellies.—Good to super, 9d to lid, 14 id to 18Jd; inferior to average, 7d to BJd, lid to 14d.
Crutcliings.—Medium to good, Od to 8(1, llid to 14(1; inferior, 4d to s|d, 91d to lljd.
Locks.—Best, 5d to 7d, BJd to lOd; inferior to medium, 3]d to 4>2d, OJd to Bd.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 297, 15 December 1936, Page 8
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407WOOL TRADE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 297, 15 December 1936, Page 8
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