Official Report And Prices

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31237, 8 December 1966, Page 27

Official Report And Prices

The official report on yesterday’s wool sale issued by the Christchurch Woolbrokers' Association, in conjunction with the New Zealand Woolbuyers’ Association and the New Zealand Wool Commission, states: — "The fourth Christchurch wool sale of the 1966/67 season was held at the Wool Exchange, when four catalogues totalling 29,459 bales were submitted. The offering was again drawn mainly from Canterbury and Marlborough with a small quantity from Nelson and the West Coast. Although not quite up to the standard of the earlier sales, the wools on the whole opened up weH, being mainly sound and weM grown. The colour, generally, was also quite good, though a certain number of clips were showing light dust and a small amount of yolk stain. The condition, however, was unusually heavy for this sale and the bulk of the halfbred wools were a stronger quality than usual due mainly to the abundance ot feed.

“There was a large percentage of halfbred and Corriedale dips, the balance being Romney wool, with a small offering of Mertno. Piece wools were mostly rather heavy in condition. Ewe wools predominated, but there were sUil a fair number of both woolly and shorn hogget lines. Practically no second shear was on offer.

"The tale opened before a full attendance of buyera and competition was keen from the outset, especially for the finer qualities. The main bidding came from the Continental buyers and Japan, with some support from Bradford on the coarser grades. "As compared with the recent Dunedin sale, halfbred prices were irregular and over-all slightly easier, with haifbred skirtings fully 2i per cent cheaper. Fine to extra fine cross, breds were in buyers’ favour, whilst medium to strong descriptions were on a par. A number of the coarser sorts and also clothing oddments were passed to the Wool Commission.”

The following is the official range of prices:—

Merino, «0/M’s — Good to super .« S7i to 59 Good 53J to 57 Average to good .. 50 to 53 Average 48 to 49 Southdown, 58/60’s— Good 53 to 55} Average to good .. 50 to 52 Average 47 to 49} Extra Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 58, 58/60’s— Super to 63 Good to super .. 57 to 58} Good 54 to 56} Average to good .. 50 J to 53 Average 46 to 49

d. d. Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 56/ SB’s— Good to super 564 to 58 Good 53 to 554 Average to good 50 to 534 Average 45 to 48 Medium Halfbred and Corriedale, 56’s— Good to super .. 55 to 57 Good 524 to 54 Average to good 48 to 51 Average 43 to 47 Halfbred and Corriedale, 54/ 56’8— Good to super .. 54 to 56 Good 51 to 534 Average to good 57 to 50 Average 43 to 46 Extra Fine Crossbred, 52/54’s— Good 48 to 514 Average to good 45 to 474 Average 394 to 42 Fine Crossbred, 50/52’s— Good 44} to 464 Average to good 42 to 44 Average 38 to 41 Medium Crossbred, 48/50’S— Good 40* to 424 Average to good 38 to 40 Average 36 to 374 Medium Crossbred, 46/50’s— Good 39} to 41 Average to good 37} to 39 Average 34 to 37

Strong Crossbred, 46/48’S— Good 384 to 404 Average to good 364 to 38 Average 33 to 36 Hogget Wools Extra Fine Halfbred and Corriedale 58, 58/ 60’s— Good 534 to 554 Average to good 51 to 524 Average Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 56/ 58’s— 48 to 50 Good to super .. 56 to 57 Good 52 to 55 Average to good 49 to 51 Average Medium Halfbred and Corriedale, 54/56’S— 46 to 48 Good to super .. 544 to 554 Good 51 to 54 Average to good 47 to 50 Average Fine Three-quarter-bred, 52/54’s— 43 to 46 Good 46 to 48 Average to good Three • quarterbred, 50/52’s— 434 to 45 Good 44 to 454 Average to good 42 to 434 Average Crossbred, 48/50’s— 39 to 41 Good 41 to 434 Average to good 394 to 404 Average 37 to 39 SHORN HOGGET Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 56/ 58’s— Good to super .. 554 to 57 Good 524 to 544 Average to good Halfbred and Corriedale, 50/ 56 ’s— 50 to 52 Good to super .. 54 to 554 Good .. 504 to 53 Average to good Fine Three-quarter-bred, 52/54’s— 47 to 50 Good to super .. 51 to 53 Good 47 to 504 Average to good Three-quarterbred, 48/50’s— 44 to 464 Good 40 to 43 Average to good Necks Merino, 60/64's — 37 to 39 Average .. Fine Halfbred, 56/ 58’s— 40 to 444 Good .« 484 to 51 Average .. 46 to 48 Inferior ... Halfbred, 50/56, 56’s— 40 to 43 Good 474 to 494 Average .. Three-quarterbred, 50, 46/50’s— 44 to 47 Average .. 37 to 40 Inferior .. Pieces Merino, 60/64’s— 34 to 36 Average .. Fine Halfbred, 56/ 58’s, 58’s— 38 to 42 Good 424 to 45 Average .. Halfbred, 56/56’s, 56’S— 39 to 42 Good 414 to 44 Average .. Three-quarterbred, 50, 46/50’S— 384 to 41 Average .. 30 to 34 Inferior .. 26 to 29 Bellies Merino, 60/64’s — Average .. Fine Halfbred, 56/ 58’s, 58’s— 37 to 384 Good .. 38 to 40 Average .. 35 to 374 Inferior .. Halfbred, 50/56’s— 30 to 33 Good 364 to 39 Average .. 34 to 36 Inferior .. Three-quarterbred, 50, 46/50’S— 26 to 30 Good 274 to 30 Average .. 254 to 27 Inferior .. 21 to 23 Crutchlngs Halfbred, 50/58’s— Good 29 to 33 Average .. Three-quarterbred, 50, 46/50’s— 25 to 28 Average .. Locks 24 to 28 Merino 15 to 154 Halfbred 13 to 164 Three-quarterbred 15 to 17 Prompt date is December 30.