Wool Prices Steady To Firm At Napier Sale

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30092, 28 March 1963, Page 19

Wool Prices Steady To Firm At Napier Sale

(New Zealand Press Association)

NAPIER, March 27. Bidding was widespread and animated on the opening day of the Napier March wool sale today. Principal competition came from the Continent, with support from Bradford, the United States and Japan. Competition was particularly brisk on extra fine and fine crossbred fleece which was in sellers’ favour, but the

offering of these types was very limited, says the official report. Medium and coarse crossbred fleece and second-shear was firm on Auckland rates while bellies and pieces and well grown, good style lambs were a shade dearer, while average lambs were unchanged. Today’s offering of 26,636 bales, contained wools drawn from all parts of Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne, East Coast and Taupo areas. They mainly comprised wet ewe fleece and the normal percentage of skirtings, with hogget fleece in small quantities. However, it was noticeable that there was an increasing quantity of short fleece wool or early shorn fleece showing in the catalogues due to the growing practise of double shearing. The supply of lambs was about normal for a sale at this period of the season. Fleece Wools Fleece wools were generally well grown and of a topmaking description, and although mainly rather heavy in condition and at times showing slight water stain or discolouration, were well up to standard. Oddments were largely faulted by water stain while lambs were a little disappointing as they appeared to lack their usual bloom as well as being a little short in staple length, a fault which is hard to understand in view of the very favourable growing season. Specialty lots were in short supply Range of Prices The following is the official range of prices: Southdown 58-60's

Good to 51| Average 43 to 45 Inferior Extra Fine Cross35 to 38 bred, 54-56’s— Good 53 J to 56 Good average Extra Fine Cross51 to 53 bred, 52’s— Good 52j to 541 Good average 49j to 514 Average Fine Crosbred 50’s— 47 to 48J Good 50 4 to 534 Good average 48 to 50 Average Medium Crossbred, 45 to 47 48-50’s — Good to super 51 to 52} Good 464 to 501 Good average 46 to 47} Average Crossbred, 46-50’s— 44 to 45} Good to super .. 49J to 51 Good 47 to 49 Good to average 45 to 481 Average Coarse Crossbred, 42j to 44} Good to super .. 481 to 50 Good 4«| to 48 Good average 444 to 48 Average Extra Coarse Cross42 to 44 bred. 44-46's— Good 45J to 47} Good average 43 to 45 Average 41 to 42} Early Shorn, 4 to 6in 46-50's— Good 45i to 47} Good to average 43 to 45 Average 40 to 42}