WOOL SALE AT NAPIER

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29368, 22 November 1960, Page 8

WOOL SALE AT NAPIER

Good Competition On Second Day

(New Zealand Press Association) NAPIER, Nov. 21.

The second day of the Napier wool sale today opened briskly with good competition from a wide section of the trade, says the official report The report added that the Continent were the principal buyers, with limited competition from Bradford and support from Japan and America on specialty Wools. Hie wools, which were drawn from all parts of Hawke’s Bay, and the Gisborne, East Coast areas, were very similar to those offered on the first day. There were many well-grown lines of hogget and ewe wool and although dust was a little less evident than some past seasons, some lots were showing slight discolouration due to wet seasonal conditions. This discolouration was more noticeable in piece oddments and bellies. There was a good offering of paper felts and these brought prices between 49d and 56d, the finer qualities 50/56s bringing the higher premium. The market opened with hogget wools of 52’s quality very firm while other wools were mainly unchanged from prices ruling on the first day, but as the selling progressed tended to harden against the buyer.

Range of Price Following is the officia range of prices:— d. d. Southdown. 58/60’s— Good to super to 49 Average to good 32 to 40 Extra Fine Crossbred. 54/56’s— Good to super 49 to 50 Good 47 to 481 Average to good 44 to 451 Extra Fine Crossbred, 52’s— Good to super 491 to 511 Good 47 to 49 Average to good 44 to 451 Average .. .. 42 to 431 Fine Crossbred, 50’s— ' Good to super 481 to 50 Good 46 to 48 Average to good 44 to 451 Average 42 to 431 Medium Crossbred, 48/ 50’s— Good to super 48 to 49 Good 45rto 471 Average to good 43 to 441 Coarse Crossbred. 48/ 46 s— Good to super 471 to 481 Good 441 to 47 Average 42 to 44 Strong Crossbred, 44/ Good to super 461 to 471 Good 44 to 46 Hoggets Extra Fine Crossbred (shorn), 54/56’s— Good to super 49 to 50 Good 47 to 481 Average to good 44 to 451 Extra Fine Crossbred (shorn), 52’s— Good to super 491 to 511 Good 47 to 49 Average to good 44 to 45’. Average 42 to 431 Fine Crossbred (shorn), 50’s— Good to super 481 to 50 Good 46 to 48 Average to good 44 to 451 Average 42 to 431 Necks Fine Crossbred, 50/56’s — Good 45 to 461 Average 431 to 441 Crossbred, 50 and 48/ 50’s— Good 44 to 451 Average 42 to 431 Pieces Fine Crossbred, 50/56 and 50’s— Good 37 to 41 Average .. •. 35 to 361 Crossbred, 46/50’s— Good .. .. 381 to 40 Average 361 to 371 Inferior 34 to 36 Bellies Crossbred, 46/50’s— Good 34 to 36 Average 32 to 331 Inferior 29 to 32 Crutchings Crossbred, 44/48’s— Good 431 to 451 Average 37 to 411 Inferior 32 to 351 Locks Crossbred— Good 24 to 26 Average .. 211 to 231 Second-shear— Good .. .. 441 to 46 Average 42 to 44