Market unchanged

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33675, 26 October 1974, Page 3

Market unchanged

K.N.Z. Press Association) NAPIER, October 25. The market at the Napier wool sale today was generally unchanged compared with Invercargill last Week nesday. This was stated in the official report issued by the New Zealand Wool Buyers’ Association and the New Zealand Wool Marketing Corporation. The corporation bid strongly on good length and good style shorn hogget wool. __

The principal trade buyers were from the Continent and Eastern Europe. The offering — 19,042 t bales of greasy wool — was ! drawn from all parts of ' Hawke’s Bay, the Ea.st . Coast, Gisborne, and Taupo. . It comprised 60 per cent ■ hogget fleece, 20 per cent ' crutchings, and the remainder oddments and secondshear. The official range of prices 3; is:-

CROSSBREDS Medium, 44/48s: i Good 102 to 112: Average 96 to 101 Poor 87 to 95 CROSSBRED SHORN [Fine, 50 and 50/52s: HOGGETS i Good to super 108 to 115! ’ Good 100 to 107 i *•

Average Poor 95 to 98 88 to 94 Fine, 48/50s: Good to super 111 to 118i Good 104 to 114 ! Average 96 to •03! Poor 85 to 94! Second Shear, 44/48s, good length: 1 Good 100 to 106i Average 95 to 99; Poor 88 to 94! NECKS Extra Fine Crossbred, • 50/56s: Good 96 to 100 Average 92 to 96 Inferior 88 to 91j PIECES Fine Crossbred Hogget, 50/45s: Good 71 to 76 Average 67 to 70 Inferior 60 to 66 Crossbred, 46/50s: Good 70 to 75 Average .. .. 66 to 69