Firm sale for good wools

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33001, 22 August 1972, Page 3

Firm sale for good wools

(New Zealand Press Association) INVERCARGILL, August 21. Prices for some lines at the Invercargill wool sale today were firm on those at the Timaru sale last week.

The market was very firm on bulky crutchings; fleece and skirtings were in buyers’ favour; and poorstyle crutchings and second crutchings were 2| per cent cheaper, said the official report. The main support came from the Continent and Australian carpet mills, helped by New Zealand carpet mills.

The offering was 31 per cent crutchings, 29 per cent fleece, 11 per cent secondshear, 7 per cent scoured wool, and the balance the usual oddments.

The crutchings showed the effects of three months of wet conditions throughout the district. Although some of the earlier shorn lines were of better colour, most of the crutchings contained light to heavy mud. The fleece, apart from the odd line showing unskirted

pieces, was generally well prepared. RANGE OF PRICES

c c Crossbred, 46/48s: Good 118 to 125 Average to good 110 to 117 Average Strong Crossbred, 102 to 109 44/46s: Good 116 to 123 Average to good 110 to 115 Average Second-shear: 102 to 109 Good 114 to 122 Average to good 10« to 113 Average 101 to 107 BELLIES Crossbred, 46/50s: Average 80 to 85 Inferior Light to medium 70 to 79 muddy 55 to 65 Heavy muddy 25 to 30 CRUTCHINGS Crossbred (Bulky), 44/48s: Good to super .. to 118 Good 100 to 107 Average to good «0 to 95 Average Crossbred (Short): 6b to 78 Good 86 to 92 Average to good 76 to 85 Average Light to medium 6b to 75 muddy 50 to 65 Heavy muddy 20 to 40