Some Wools Easier At Auckland

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31047, 30 April 1966, Page 3

Some Wools Easier At Auckland

(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 29.

Prices for secondshear and early-shorn wools were 2| per cent cheaper at the eighth Auckland sale today than they were at the Christchurch sale this week. The official report says that 27,114 bales of new season’s greasy wool were in today’s five catalogues. Early-shorn and secondshear wools were 55 per cent of this total, lamb’s wool 20 per cent, and ewe and wether fleece 10 per cent to 15 per cent, the remainder being oddments.

The wool did not open up as well as usual for an April sale, most being off in colour and yellow because of high rainfall. Too many lines also showed lack of care in preparation. Yields, however, were a little higher than usual. Continental interests supported by America were the principal purchasers. Well-picked, better-style lamb’s wool remained firm, but poor average to inferior lambs’ wool cheapened in buyers’ favour. Fleece wool and skirtings also inclined in buyers’ favour. Not all growers were prepared to accept this change, and passings approached 10 per cent of the offering. Price Range

The following is the official range of prices:—

Southdown, 58/60’s— d. d. Good average 48 to 50 Average .. 42 to 47 Inferior .. 34 to 37 Fine Crossbred, 50'sGood average 47 to 49 Average .. 44$ to 46$ Inferior . 40 to 44 Medium Crossbred, 48/50’s— Good average 43 Io 44* Average .. 40 J to 42$ Inferior .. 38 to 40 Crossbred, 46/50’s— Good average .. 42 to 44 Average .. 40 to 41$ Inferior .. 37$ to 39$ Coarse Crossbred, 46/48’s— Good average 41 to 43 Average .. 39 to 40$ Inferior . 36$ to 38$ Early Shorn, 46/ 50 ’s— Good 43 to 45 Good average 41 to 42$ Average .. 39 to 40$ Second Shear, SinSin, 46/50’s — Good 42$ to 44$ Good average 40 to 42 Average .. 38 to 39$ Second Shear, 2in4in, 46/50’s— Good 42 to 43$

Good average .. 39$ to 411 Average 37$ Fine Down Cross Lambs— Good 46 to 48 Good average 42 to 45 Average .. ' 36 to 38 Crossbred Lambs. 50’s, 48/50’s— Good 46 to 48 Average .. 42 to 44 Average inferior 39$ to 41! Inferior and seedy 32 to 37 Crosbred Lambs, Seconds, 50’s, 48/50’s— Average 33 to 35 Inferior and seedy 25 to 28 Crossbred Pieces, 46/50’s— Average 33 to 25 Inferior .. 28 to 32$ Crossbred Bellies, 46/50’s— Average .. 30 to 32 Inferior 27 to 29$ Second Shear Bellies and Pieces, 46/50’s— Average .. 30$ to 32 Average inferior 28 to 30 Inferior .. 23 to 27$ Crossbred Locks and Second Pieces 18 to 25