WOOL SALE AT WELLINGTON

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27628, 7 April 1955, Page 13

WOOL SALE AT WELLINGTON

PRICES AT NAPIER MAINTAINED 64D PAID FOR MEDIUM CROSSBRED LAMB (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 6. • *i. Ces the third Wellington wool sale season today were on a par with those at the Napier sale last week, says f ial report issued jointly by the Wellington Woolbrokers’ Association, the New Zealand Woolbuyers’ Association, ¥ e . w Zealand Wool Commission. The catalogue of 29,864 bales comprised mainly greasy crossbred wool drawn from eB parts of the Wellington province, to,wlth a few lines from Blenheim and Nelson, says the report. “The offering, for an April sale, was quite a good one, there being on offer some wellgrown lots of fleece wool, but unfortunately because of the later shearing, some clips were more cotted and yellow than those offered in the earlier sales. There was quite a large offering of super, good, and average Romney lambs, and these opened up very attractively indeed, and received the competition at auction which their get-up merited. “Because of drought, Down cross lambs have been forwarded to the works earlier than usual, and there was not the quantity of Down cross lambs’ wool on offer, and most of the lines submitted were fairly dusty, and not so attractive as Usual. “There was the usual very full bench of buyers, representative of all woolconsuming countries, and prices can be quoted for all fleece and oddments as on a par with the preceding Napier sale. “Romney . lambs were irregular and sometimes hi buyers’ favour, and Southdown cross lambs were not very keenly sought ”

Range of Prices, The official range of prices is:— Southdown— Good 56 to 63 Average ... . .a Extra Fine Crossbred, 52’s 50 to 54 and 50/56’s— Good to super .. .. 59} to 61 Good 56 to 581 Average to good .. 53 to 55 Average .. .. .. Fine Crossbred, 50’s— 52 to 531 Good to super .. .. 57 to 581 Good 54 to 56 Average to good .. 52}'to 531 Average Medium Crossbred, 48/50’s — 50 to 52 Good to super 56 to 58 Good 53 to 541 Average to good .. 52 to 53 Average Crossbred, 46/50’s — 50 to 511 Good to super .. .. 541 to 56 Good 521 to 54 Average to good .. 501 to 52 Average .. .. ,. Coarse Crossbred, ,46/48’s — 49 to 50 Good to super 54 to 551 Good 52 to 531 Average to good .. 50 to 511 Average Medium Crossbred Lambs, 46 to 491 48/50’s and 50’s— Good to super 57 to 64 Average 50 to 56 Inferior and seedy Second Crossbred Lambs— 42 to 48 Average 46 to 50 Necks Extra Fine Crossbred, 50/56's — Good 56 to 58 Average Medium Crossbred, 48/50’s— 50 to 54 Good 53 to 55 Average 50 to 521 Inferior and seedy 45 to 491 Pieces Fine Crossbred, 50’s and 48/50’s Good ~461 to 48 Average .. .. . • Crossbred, 46/50’s — 43 to 451 Good .. ... 46 to 47 Average .. .. 44 to 45 Inferior and seedy .. 38 to 411 Bellies Crossbred, 46/50’s— Good ... .. • • 41 to 43 Average .. .. .. 38 to 40 Inferior and seedy 35 to 37 Locks Crossbred — Average 38 to 42