Napier wool firm
PA Napier Second-shear wool and oddments were slightly dearer but fleece-wool prices were unchanged on the second day of the Napier wool sale yesterday, according to the official report.
The second day of the (sale, the first having been I held on Monday, saw 18,369 bales offered to a full bench ! of buyers. The offering was made up of full-length ewe wool, early-shorn and second- ! shear, a small quantity of lambs’ wool, and the usual | selection of oddments.
The Hawke’s Bay, Poverty Bay, East Coast, Rotorua, ! Taupo, and Taihape areas I supplied the bulk of the offering. Strong competition for the
smaller quantity of hogget wool on offer was received from Chinese and Eastern European interests. Local mills supported the good selection of longer fleece wool, with good competition from the Continent and Eastern Europe. The adjusted weighted average sale price (awasp) was 205.84 c a kilogram. As the trigger price of 250 c a kilogram was not exceeded, no retention levy will apply. The official prices were: c c
Southdown: Good to super to 266 Average 240 to 250 Fine Crossbred, 50s and 48/50s: Good 225 to 234 Average 211 to 224 Medium Crossbred. 46/48s and 44/48s: Good 226 to 239 Average/good 216 to 225
Average 201 to 215 Bine Crossbred Hogget (shorn) 50s and 50/52S: Good to super 233 to 241 Good 220 to 232 Average 205 to 219 Early Shorn, 46/50S and 44/48s: Good 221 to 228 Average/Good 211 to 220 Average 196 to 209 Second-shear, 46/50S:: Good 214 to 220 Average/good 204 to 213 LAMBS’ WOOL Fine Crossbred, 50s and 48/50s: Average/good 225.to 230 Average 216 to 223 NECKS Fine Crossbred, 48/ 50s: Average 212 to 214 Inferior 205 to 210 PIECES Crossbred. 46/50s: Good to 190 Average 178 to 186 Poor 170 to 176 Second Pieces: Average/good 150 to 157 Average .. «. 135 to 149
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Press, 21 December 1978, Page 3
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