Wool gains at Auckland

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32779, 2 December 1971, Page 2

Wool gains at Auckland

(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, December 1. Prices for fleece were in sellers’ favour, and second-shear wools were 2} per cent dearer compared with Monday’s prices, at the second day of the Auckland sale today.

Competition was steady, and at times keen, said the official report. The offering today was 15,495 bales of new season’s wool and 5197 bales of second-shear from the Wool Commission’s stocks. Western and Eastern Europe were again the principal buyers with support from the United States on carpet wools. Range of prices SHORN HOGGET

c c Extra Fine, 52/54s> 54/56s: Good 68 to 70$ Good average 6b to 67$ Average Fine, 50752s: 62 to 64J Good 65J to 68 Good average 63j to 65 Average 60 to 63 Medium, 46/50s: Good as; to 65J Good average 61) to 63 Average 59 to 61 EaHy-shornHogget Ftae^ 50752s, and Good 64 to 66 Good average 61 to 63$ Average 59 to 60 CROSSBRED FLEECE Medium, 44/48s: Good 64$ to 66

Good average 62 tp 64 Average 59 to 61} Second-shear, 3in to 4in and 2in to 4in, 44/48s: Good 62 to 64 Good average 591 to 61} Average 57 to 59 Short, 2Tn to 3in, 44/ Good 60 to 62 Good average 57} to 59} Average 54 to 57 ODDMENTS Crossbred Pieces, 46/50s: Good average 44} to 46} Average 40 to 44 Crossbred Bellies, 46/50s: Good average 38 to 41 Average 34 to 37} Locks and SecondPieces: Average 27 to 30