Wool holds firm
iPA Invercargill ; The market at the In-i j vercargill woo! sale yesterjday remained on a par with last week’s Dunedin sale. Better-style fleece wools' remained unchanged, al-; though the poorer styles I sold irregularly and were! slightly easier. While crossbred oddments i land crutchings were firm,! skirtings sold in buyers’) favour. The trigger price of 195 c a| kilogram was exceeded. The (Wool Marketing Corporation! reported that the adjusted I weighted average sale price; (awasp) was 232.87 c. Based on this, an 5.13 per? cent retention levy will be applied to gross receipts for; all wool sold at the sale. The same levy will also be? applied nationally ’ to alii privately sold wool from! midnight on December 16 i
I until midnight on December ' 19. The official report at Tn- ; vercargil) said that the main! competition came from East-' ern and Western Europe.! with some support from) Bradford. The catalogues contained! '24.187 bales, made up of 711 per cent ewe fleece. 25 per; (cent hogget fleece, and 14 iper cent oddments, with a! (few lots of crutchings and( (second-shear. ■ The offering opened up; 'showing general tenderness! .'and some totting in the ewe! ifleece, the’ hulk of which' 'was unskirted. The shorn; hogget fleece was general iv! tender, although length was' good. Colour generally was! good, but some grower-pre-[ pared lots were mixed in; (length, which detracted from! their showing. BANGS OR PRICE* Medium Crossbred, I
Good to super Average to good Average to poor 262 io 277 250 to 261 238 to 249 .Coarse Crossbred. ’ 44/46s and Coarser: Good/super 264 to 278 Average/good 250 to 263 Average/poor 238 to 249 iShorn Hogge! Cross bred, fine 50s and 1 48/50s: ' Good .. . 253 to 269 ; Average/good 245 to 257 . Average/poor 235 to 244! ’Medium Crossbred. 46/50s: ’ Super 277 to 284’ Average/good 249 to 260| ; Average/poor 240 to 248 Fine Crossbred necks. TPs and 1 50/52s: | Good 240 to 247 Average 230 to 239 ! Crossbred necks. 48/5l)s: Good 249 to 254! Average 241 to 248 CrO'sbred pieces. 44/48s: Good .. . . 213 to 219 Average 206 to 212 Poor 196 to 205 Crossbred bellies, 44/48? • Good/super to 221' Average 200 to 209| Poor 185 to 200 Crossbred locks and second pieeer Avapag* 148 ta 180
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