Official Report And Price Range

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31521, 8 November 1967, Page 27

Official Report And Price Range

The following Is the official rtport issued by the Christchurch Woolbrokers’ Association, in conjunction with the New Zealand Wool Buyers’ Association and the New Zealand Wool Commission, on the third sale of the 1967-68 wool selling season in Christchurch, when four catalogues totalling 23.979 bales were presented at the Wool Exchange building: •The offering represented a wide range of all qualities and was drawn mainly from Canterbury and Marlborough, with small quantities from Nelson and the West Coast. Woolly hoggets comprised the bulk of the offering and there was a fair selection of fleece wools, with halfbred and Corriedales predominating. A fairly repre .tentative range of crossbreds and Merinos were also submitted

•The wool was generally not up to the usual standard fur this sale and there were few longstapled. well-grown ewe wools available. Hogget wools on display, however, were quite well grown and usually sound. A proportion of the fleece wool was inclined to be mixed in staple length and considerable dust and vegetable matter faulted several lines. Oddments were inclined to be faulted by seed to a greater degree than usual.

"The sale opened with a full bench of buyers and competi tion was fairly widespread, with the Continent and Japan active and good support being given by Bradford and the local mills. The Wool Commission was called upon occasionally to give support to neglected lines.

■‘Compared with the recent Dunedin sale, comparable good style fleece wools were firm. Average halfbred and Corriedale topmaking wools and woolly hoggets, of which there were large quantities, were easier by 21 per cent to 5 per cent. Average crossbreds were barely steady, while oddments generally were in sellers’ favour, with inferior descriptions irregular and at times neglected. The following is the official range of prices:

c. c. Merino, 60 64s, 64s: Good to super .. to 491 Good 89 to 42 Average to good .. 35 to 38 Average Southdown, 58 '60s: 32 to 34 Good 34 to 37* Average to good Extra fine halfbred 28 to 33 and Corriedale, 58s. 58 60s: Good to super to 38| Good 34 to 36 Average to good . 28 to 33 Average Fine halfbred and 24 to 27 Corriedale, 56/ 58s: • Good to super to 38 Good 30 to 34 Average to good 2 3 to 29 Average Medium halfbred 21 to 24 and Corriedale, 56s: Good 28 to 33 Average to good 24 to Average Strong Halfbred and 20 to 23 Corriedales, 50/ 56s: Good 26 to 30 Average to good 22 to 25 Average Extra Fine Cross18 to 21 bred, 52 54s: Good 24 to 27 Average to good 21 to 23 Average FineCrossbred, 50/ 18 to 20 Good 22} to 24* 1 Average to good 20 to 22 | Average Medium Crossbred, 18 to 20 48 50s: Good to 23} Average to good 19 to 21* Average Strong Crossbred. 17 to IS* 46 48’s. Gnod 21 to 23} Average to good 18 to 20} Average Coarse Crossbred. 16 to 17* 44 48s: I Good to 23 | Average to good 18 to 20 Average 16 to 17* Hogget Wools Extra Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, | 58. 58/606:

Good to super . 34i to 37 Good 31 to 33* Average to good 26 to 30 Fine Halfbred and Corriedale. 56/588 Good to super 31 to 34 Good 28 to 30J Average to good 25 to 27 Average 22 to 24 Halfbred and Corriedale, 54/568: Good 25 to 28 Average to good 22 to 24 Average 19 to 21 Fine Three-quarter-bred, 52/54s: Good 24 to 26 Average to good 21 to 23 Average 18 to 20 Three-quarterbred, 50/52s: Good 22 to 23i Average to good 20 to 21$ Average 18 to 19 Crossbred, 48/508: Good 21 to 23 Average to good 18* to 20$ Crossbred, 46/48s: Average to good 18 to 20$ Shorn Hogget Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 56; 58s: Good 28 to 31 Average 22 to 26 Halfbred and Corriedale, 54/56S: Good 23* to 25 Average 20 to 23 Fine Three quarterbred. 52/54'8: Good 22 to 24 Average 19 to 21 Three-quarterbred, 48/508, 46/508: Good 21 to 23 Average .. 18 to 20

Necks Merino 60/64s: Good to Average . 31 to 35 Average to Inferior 27 to 30 Fine Halfbred 56/ 58s: Good to Average 28 -to 32 Average 24 to 27 Inferior 20 to 23 Halfbred, 50 56s. 56s: Good to Average 24 to 29 Average 20 to 23 Threequarterbred 50s, 46/50s: Good to Average 19 to 21 Average to Inferior 15 to 18 Pieces Merino 60/645: Good to Average 30 to 33 Average to Inferior 25 to 29 Fine Halfbred, 56/58s, 58s: Good 25 to 29 Average 21 to 24 Inferior 17 to 20

Halfbred, 50/568, 56s: Good 20 to 23 Average Threequarterbred 17 to 19 50s, 46/50S: Good 16 to 18 Average 14 to 15i Inferior 10 to 13 Bellies Merino, 60/648: Good to average 24 to 27 Average to inferior Fine Halfbred, 56/58s, 20 to 23 58s: Good 21 to 23% Average 18 to 20 Inferior Threequarterbred 14 to 17 50s, 46/50s: Good to average 14 to 16 Average to inferior 11 to 13

Good to average .. 13 to 15 Average to inferior 10 to 12 Crutchlngs Halfbred, 56/58s: Good 13 to 16 Average to inferior 10 to 12 Threequarterbred 50s, 46/50s. Good 17 to 19 Average 13 to 16 Inferior .. 10 to 12 Crossbred, 44/488: Good to super .. 20 to 23 Average 16 to 19 Locks Merino Locks 10 to 15 Halfbred Locks 7 to 11 Threequarterbred Locks 6 to 10 Crossbred Locks 5 to 9 Prompt date is November 28