Official report and prices

Press, 24 August 1977, Page 18

Official report and prices

Values did not change a great deal when the first Ti-J maru wool sale of the sea-j son was held at the Wool’ Exchange at Addington yesterday, according to the official report issued by the New Zealand Wool Buyers’ Association, the New Zea-' land Wool Brokers’ Association, and the New Zealand Wool Marketing Corporation. Compared with the In-; vercargill and Dunedin sales i held in Dunedin last week, ! the market for halfbred and crossbred fleece, and also for crossbred second-shear wool, was quoted as unchanged, for crossbred crutchings as firm, for crossbred skirtings | and oddments as in sellers’' favour, and for halfbred i skirtings as in buyers’! favour. The main competition i came from Western and Eastern Europe, supported by local mills, but the market had to be supported substantially by the Wool Marketing Corporation by bidding on 77.9 per cent of the catalogues and purchasing or having passed to it 4431 bales, or 27.7 per cent, of the offering. The offering of 11,955 bales of greasy wool and 39 bales of scoured wool was drawn mainly from South and Mi d-Canterbury. I Reflecting the open winter l

and good feed conditions, the showing was of a good I ; standard, especially the early shorn fleece which! opened up on a par with the j excellent display at the same 's fixture a vear ago. The wools were sound, well grown, of good length, and high yielding. Most 1 were of good colour and lustre, but clips from some districts carried more condition and discolouration. There was also some moit. The crutchings and bellies were of good average stan- j dard, but possibly a little shorter than usual, and those shorn after the recent j wet weather carried light i mud. The oddments were of a similar standard. i The limited offering of Merino, halfbred and Coririedale wools was well grown, of good colour and yield, and included some choice lots. The selection included 40 per cent of crossbred fleece, 14 per cent of fine fleece, 18 per cent of crutchings, 15 per cent of bellies, 11 per cent of oddments, and 2 per cent of miscellaneous wools. The following is the range of prices issued by the South Canterbury Woolbrokers’ Association:— c c Merino. Fine 64s and finer: Good to super .. 246 to 254 I Good 232 to 243 Medium. 60s and 60/ 1 645:

Good Average 228 to 243 199 to 211 Medium Halfbred. 36s and 56/58s: Good to super 228 to 244 Good 214 to 225 Average 189 to 209 Strong. 54s and 54/ 56s: Good to super 226 to 239 Good 207 to 215 Average 188 to 204 Extra Strong. 52s and 52 .54s: Good to super .. 216 to 235 Good 200 to 215 Average 182 to 199 Crossbred. Extra Pine 50/52s and 52s: Good to super 237 to 258 Good 222 to 235 Average 200 to 219 Fine. 48/50s and 50s: Good to super 235 to 251 Good 218 to 232 Average 190 to 215 Medium 46/50s: Good to super 247 to 259 Good 211 to 240 Average 206 to 210 Coarse. 46/48s, and Coarser: Super 255 to 261 <»ood to super 237 to 251 Good 226 to 236 Average 184 to 214 SHORN HOGGETS Fine Crossbred, 50s and 50/52s: Good 218 to 229 Average 204 to 217 SECONOSHEAR Halfbred: Good 186 to 205 Average 169 to 178 Crossbred 3 to 4in. 46/50s:

Good to Miiper 229 to 242 Good 216 to 22G Average 19a to 21a Crossbred 2 to Sin. 50s: Good 204 to 212 Average 137 to 203 LAMBS* WOOL Crossbred. 48/50s, and 50s: Good 213 fn 227 Average 194 to 212 NECKS Halfbred. 54/58s: Average 176 to 188 Crossbred, 43/GOs: Average 200 to 208 PIECES Halfbred. 54/58s: Average 150 to 161 Crossbred. 46/oOs: Good 177 to 194 Average 160 to 175 BELLIES Halfbred. 54/58s. Good 152 to 160 Average 133 to 145 Crossbred. 46/50s; Good 173 to 192 Average 156 to 172 Poor 132 to 153 FIRST CRUTCHINGS Merino: Good 128 to 141 Average 114 to 127 Halfbred. 54/58s: Good 146 to 160 Average 1.38 to 143 Poor 129 to 137 Crossbred 44/48*: Good 186 to 206 Average 156 to 185 Poor 135 to 135 LOX Crossbred: Average 112 to 123.