Official Report And Prices

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31676, 11 May 1968, Page 18

Official Report And Prices

The official report on yesterday's wool sale, issued by the Christchurch Woolbrokers 1 Association, in conjunction with the New Zealand Wool Buyers’ Association and the New Zealand Wool Commission says:— “The offering of 36,518 bales was drawn from the Canterbury and Marlborough districts, with a big percentage of the catalogue comprising Nelson and West Coast wools. The offering was a typical end-of-season selection, with crossbred types predominating, as is usual at ihls sale, with smaller quantities of Corriedale and Merino available. The fleece wool on offer was generally ahowlng colour and was often faulted with tenderness and cottlng was also in evidence. The autumnshorn dips were mainly well grown, although they showed more colour than usual.

“There was a good selection of lambs’ wool on display and these were mainly of good colour and well grown. A bigger proportion than usual were deep combing lambs, due mainly to later shearing dates. There was a fair selection of second-shear fleece, mainly of average style, oddments generally showed more colour than usual for this sale.

There was a good attendance of buyers and competition was general, main support being given by the Continent, Bradford and local mills. There was little support from Japan, and Eastern Europe with the United States giving some support to carpet types. “Compared with the last fine wool sale In Tlmaru, the market was Irregular, but around 16 per cent cheaper, the drop being more noticeable on better style wools. Oddments wore irregular, but basically unchanged. “Compared with the recent Napier sale crossbred fleece, skirtings and two-shear were slightly dearer. Crossbred lambs of combing length were 24 per cent dearer.*’ The following is the official range of prices:— Merino, 60/Ms, 645:

c. Good to super .. 50 to 574 Good 45 to 49 Average 37 to 44 Southdown. 58/60s: Average to good 23 to 274 Inferior 20 to 22 Ixtra Fine Halfbred and Corrledale, 58s, 88/Ma: Good 45 to 50 Average to good 40 to 44 Average 35 to 39 Fine Haltbred and Corrledale, SB/ 58a: Good 41 to 46 Average to good 27 to 40 Average 33 to 36 Inferior 25 to 32 Medium Haltbred and Corriedale, 56s: Good 39 to 42 Average to good 3b to 38 Average 31 to 34 Inferior 26 to 30 Halfbred and Corrledale, 54/36,: Good 35 to 38 Average to good 31 to 34 Average 27 to 30 Inferior 24 to 27 Extra Strong Corrledale and Halfbred, SO*. 52/54,: Good 29 to 32 Average to good 26 to 28 Average 2’ to 25 Inferior 18 to 22 Fine Crossbred, 52/ 54s: Good 30 to 33 Average to good 27 to 29 Average 24 to 26 Fine Crossbred, 50/ 52s: Good 28 to 31 Average to good 25 to 27 . Average 22 to 24 Inferior 18 to 21 Medium Crossbred, 48/508: Good 25 to 27 Average to good 221 to 24* Average 20 to 22 Inferior 17 to 104 Strong Crossbred, 46/48s: Good 22 to 284 Average to gnod 20 to 214

Average Coarse Crossbred, 17 to 19 44/48s: Average to good 19 to 21 Average 17 to 184 SKOND SHIAH Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 56/ 58s: 30 Good 26 to Average Halfbred and Cor214 to 25 rledale, 50/56s: Good 24 to 27 Average Fine Crossbred, 60s. 20 to 23 50/52s: Good 24 to 26 Average Crossbred, 48s, 50/ 22 to 234 54s: Good 24 40 26 Average 21 to 231 Necks Fine Halfbred, 56/ 58s: Good 36 to 39 Average 32 to 35 Inferior Halfbred, 50/58, 5Ci: 27 to 31 Good 30 to 34 Average Crossbred, 50s, 46/ 25 to 29 50s: Good c. 22 to 25 Average t . . 19 to 21 Inferior 16 to 18 Pieces Fine Halfbred, 56/ 58, 58s: Good to average 29 to 33 Inferior Halfbred, 50/568, 56s: 23 to 27 Good 25 to 30 Average 21 to 24 Inferior .. Crossbred, 50s, 46/ 17 to 20 50s: Good 184 to 20 Average .. 16i to 18 Inferior 13 to 16

■•Illes Fine Helf bred, 56/ 58s, 58s: Good 26 to 30 Average 21 to 25 Inferior ». 17 to 20 Halfbred, 50/56s: Good 22 to 24 Average 19* to 21 Inferior 15 to 15 Crossbred, 60s, 46/ 50s: Good 17 to 18| Average 15 to Inferior 12 to 14 Crutchlngi Halfbred, 50/58s: Average to good .. 16 to 19 Inferior 10 to 14 Crossbred, 50s, 46/ 50s: Good 19 to 23 Average 15 to 18 Inferior 10 to 14 Lamb, Fine Halfbred, 56/ 58s: Good 30 to 34 Average 25 to 29 Inferior 20 to 24 Crossbred, 50/56s: Good 28 to 30 Average 24 to 27 Inferior 19 to 23 Fine Croaabred, 50s: Good k. J7 to 31 Average 24 to 26 Inferior 20 to 23 Croaabred, 4t/S0a: Good 24 to 27 Average 20 to 23 Second Lambs Halfbred: Good/gverage 18 to 22 Inferior u . 14 to 17 Croaabred: Good/average >. 19 to 22 Inferior 14 to 18 Locks Haltbred 12 to 17 Croaabred 10 to 13