WOOL PRICE RISES
(N.Z. Press Association) NAPIER, June 15. The 1972-73 wool season . ended well at the combined j Auckland and Napier sale, held at Napier today. Prices were up about 5 per cent to 71 per cent for most of the wool offered, compared with the Wanganui-Welling-ton sale on May 30, said the official report. Twenty bales of highyielding second-shear wool | from central Hawke’s Bay topped the bidding at 194 c a kilo. Second-shear, early shorn and shear oddments com-1 prised 80 per cent of the offering. The second-shear was generally a very good: end-of-season offering, includ-i ing some well-grown good to super types of wool. Competition was keen and widespread. RANGE OF PRICES Fine Crossbred Sec-ond-shear. 48/50s: Good .. 170 to 179 Average .161 to 169 Early Shorn, 44/48s: Good to super .. 182 to 192 Good .. 17a to 181 Average .. .165 to 174 Second-shear, good length, 44/48s: Good to super .. 182 to 190 Good .. 171 to 181 Average .. 162 to 170 Poor .154 to 160 Second-shear, short, 44/48s: Good .. 163 to 1731 Average 152 to 162 ! Second-shear Bellies and Pieces, 44/ 48s' Good' .. 136 to 143 Average 124 to 135 Inferior .. .. 115 to 123
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33253, 16 June 1973, Page 2
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