Variable Tone Again At Napier Wool Sale

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30038, 24 January 1963, Page 19

Variable Tone Again At Napier Wool Sale

(New Zealand Press Association)

WAPIER, January 23. I Compared with Monday’s sale, extra fine crossbred 52’s and finer may be quoted in sellers' favour with fine crossbred fleece very firm at the Napier Wool Sale today. Medium to coarse types were about firm with secondshear types slightly easier, according to the official report. The offering of 27,414 bales comprised a wide selection of crossbred qualities and types drawn from all Hawke’s Bay, Poverty Bay and East Coast districts. Good lambswool was firm on late rates, but average to inferior sorts were irregular and in buyers’ favour. Prices for oddments were very firm on the first day’s sale, although odd lines of pieces showed a decline on account of their heavy condition. Competition was very widespread. The buyers from the Continent were the principal purchasers with support from Japan. Bradford, and the United States. Range of Price* The following 1* the official range of prices:— d. a.

Freeze Lifts Wool Sales (N.ZPA.-Reuter— Copyright) SYDNEY, Jan. 23. Sales of woollen good, had risen sharply in Europe because of extreme winter conditions. As a remdt manufacturers were buying more stocks, the head wood valuer for Dalgety and New Zealand Loan. Ltd., said in Sydney yesterday. Orders for wool were widespread at' last week’s Australian auctions, he said. Compared with the previous sales in December, values at Geetong, Newcastle, and Goulbura were up 5 per cent for Merino fleeces, 7| per cent for skirtings, and 5 to 7j per cent, for comebacks and cross-breds.

Southdown, 58/60'e— Good 46 to 48} Average Extra Fine Cross36 to 38} bred. 5TaGood to super .. 58 to 80 Good 54} to 57 Good average .. 52 to 53} Average 49 to 51} Fine Crossbred. 50’s— Good to super .. 54 to 58 Good 52 to 53} Good average .. to 51} Average 46J to 49 Medium Crossbred. 48/50’Sr— Good to super .. Good 52 49} to to fS| Good average .. 47} to 49 Average 44} to 46} Crossbred. 46/50's— Good 48 to 50 Good average .. 45} to 47} Average 43 to 45 Coarse Crossbred, 46/48's-w Good to super .. 48} to 50 Good 46 to 48 Good average .. 44 to «} Average 41} to 43} Extra Coarse Crossbred. WW9Good Good average .. $ to to « 45 Average Extra Fine Cross41 to 42 bred Hogget. Shorn, 54/56*1Good to super .. 58} to 80 Good 56 to 58 Good average .. 53} to 55 Average 50} to 53} Fine Crossbred Hogget (Shorn). 50 s— Good 51 to 521 Good average to Average Early Shorn. 4 to ■ Sin. 46/50's— Good 45} to to 48} Good average .. 44} to 46 Average 42} to 44

Second-shear, 3 to Sin 48/50's— Good 48 to 48 Good average 43} to 45 Average Lambs, Medium 41 to 42} Good Crossbred, 50's, 48/50's— Super 48} to 50 Good 48 to 48 Average Lambs, 2nd— 41 to 44 Good 38 to 40 Average Inferior and seedy 35 to 37} 32} to 34} Necks Fine Crossbred, 50/56's— Good to super .. 52 to 54 Average Crossbred 50’s and 49 to 51 48/50's— Good to super .. 50 to 52 Average 47 to 49 Pieces Fine Crossbred, 50/58 and 50's— Good 44 to 48 Average 39 to 42} Inferior Crossbred, 48/50's — 34 to 35 Good 41 to ♦3} Average 37 to 40 Bellies Crossbred 48/50’s — 38} Good 38} to Average 33} to 35 Inferior 28 to 31 Locks Crossbred— Good .. .. 25 to 27} Average 21 to 24