INVERCARGILL WOOL SALE

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29345, 26 October 1960, Page 22

INVERCARGILL WOOL SALE

Market Firm On Dunedin (New Zealand Press Association) INVERCARGILL, Oct 25. The market was very firm and inclined in sellers’ favour compared with rates ruling at Dunedin last week, says the official report on the opening sale of the Invercargill wool season held today. The report was issued by the Invercargill Woolbrokers’ Association in conjunction with the New Zealand Woolbuyers’ Association and the New Zealand Wool Commission. The selection of 22,000 bales comprised well-grown fleece, with a fair proportion of pre-lamb shorn and a small proportion of early shorn fleece. Woolly hoggets were offered in limited quantities and, with the exception of a few lines which brought the best prices of the day, were very mixed in quality and length. The bulk of the clip showed signs of some mud fault as a result of the wet pre-shearing weather. This was most pronounced in oddments. The bulk of the offering was ~kej'l by Continental buyers with Bradford operating on the woolly hoggets. American interests sought the coarser carpet wools and Japan down and down cross types.

The official range of prices was:— Hanse of Prices Southdown, 58/60*s d. d. Good to super Good Average to good ** crossbred, 38 32 to to to 48 42 34 Good to super Good Average to good ” Average Fin^ 2 , crossbred, 50/ 44 41 39 to to to to 47 45 43 401 Gdbd to super Good Average to good Average Medium crossbred, 48/ 50’s— Good to super Good Average to good ’* Average 44 42 39 to to to to 47 45 43 401 43 41 38 to to to to 461 44i 42J 40 Crossbred, 46/50’8-7 Good to super Good .. , ’ Average to good . ’ Average Strong crossbred, 46/ . 58’s— '43 401 381 to to to to 46 44 42 391 Good to su£er to 46 Good 43 to 44 Average to good 40 to 42 Average Woolly extra fine cross38 to 39 bred— Good to super to 50 Average to good 42 to 45 Average .. Fine crossbred hogget, 38 to 40 50/52’s— Good to super to 50 Good 46 to 48J Average to good 42 to 441 Average Medium crossbred hog38 to 41 get, 48/50’s— Good to super to 521 Good 46 to 58 Average Shorn fine crossbred, 361 to 38 50/52’s— Good to super to 47 Good Fine crossbred hogget. 43 to 45 48/50’s— Good to super to 46 Good 41 to 44 Necks Fine crossbred, 50/56’s— Good 42 to 44 Average 39 to 41 Inferior Crossbred, 50’s and 48/ 35 to 46 50’s— .Good 41 to 43 Average 38 to 40 Inferior 34 to 36 Pieces Fine crossbred, 50’s and 50/56’s— Good 37 to 39 Average 33 to 36 Inferior and seedy Crossbred, 46/50’s — 30 to 32 Good 36 to 38 Average 32 to 35 Inferior and seedy .. 29 to 31 Bellies Fine crossbred, 50’s— Good 33 to 35 Average 27 to 31 Inferior Crossbred, 46/50’s— 17 to 24 Good 33 to 35 Average 28 to 32 Inferior 18 to 23 Crutchings Crossbred, 44/48 S-— Good 34 to 38 Average .. • - x 31 to 33 Inferior and seedy .. 24 to 28 Locks Crossbred, 46/50’s — Good average 17 to 21