Top Merino firm
PA Timaru Extra-fine and strong Merino wool offered at Timaru yesterday was firm in price compared with sales at Christchurch and Auckland last week, but fine and medium Merino wool was in buyers’ favour. Crossbred skirtings, sec-ond-shear wool, and oddments were dearer on recent sales, but Halfbred fleece and skirtings and crossbred fleece were down, according to the official report. The offering comprised 24,283 bales of greasy wool and 69 bales of scoured wool. It was typical for the time of the year, with a wide range of qualities from very fine Merino to coarse crossbred wools. The main competition came from Eastern and Western Europe, with support from the Far East and New Zealand mills. The Wool Board gave substantial support to the market by bidding for 35 per cent of the catalogue and buying or having passed to it 902 bales, 3.7 per cent of | the offering. The range of prices was: c c Merino, fine 70s and finer: Super .. 338 to 431 Good to super .. 358 to 387
Average 325 to 357 Fine 64s and finer: Good to super 350 to 381 Good 328 to 349 Average 288 to 325 Medium 60s and 60/ 64s: Good 291 to 319 Average 268 to 291 Quarterbred, 60s and 60/64s: Good 277 to 314 Halfbred, fine 58s and 58/60S: Good to super 288 to 295 Good .... 266 to 287 Average .. 251 to 265 Medium 56s and 56/58s: Good to super 283 to 297 Good 263 to 282 Average 247 to 262 Strong 54s and 54/56s: Good to super 275 to 289 Good 257 to 274 Average 245 to 256 Extra-strong 52s and 52/54s: Good to super 272 to 282 Good 259 to 271 Average 247 to 258 Crossbred, extra fine, 50/52S and 52s: Good 279 to 288 Average 268 to 278 Medium, 46/50s: Good 282 to 293 Average 267 to 281 Coarse, 46/48s, and coarsen Good 285 to 315 Average 275 to 284 Woolly hogget Halfbred, fine, 60s and 58/60s: Good to super 287 to 304 Good 279 to 286 Average 262 to 278 Medium. 56s and 56/58s: Good to super 285 to 307 Good 265 to 284 Average .. .. 253 to 264
Crossbred, fine, 50s and 50/52s: Good 237 to 301 Average 276 to 286 Medium, 48s f and 48/50*: Good 282 to 292 Average 274 to 281 Shorn hogget Medium Halfbred and Corriedale: Good 272 to 288 Average 253 to 271 Crossbred, extra fine, 52s and 52/54s: Good 286 to 302 Average 273 to 285 Fine, 50s and 50/52s: Good 290 to 315 Average 278 to 289 Second-sheer Crossbred, 3tn to 4in, 46/50s: Average to good 281 to 295 Necks Merino, 60/64s: Good 269 to 302 Average to good 231 to 268 Halfbred, 54/58s: Average to good .. 251 to 265 Crossbred, 48/50s: Average to good .. 273 to 292 Piece* Merino, 60/64s: Good/average 232 to 279 Halfbred, 54/58s: Good/average 215 to 236 Poor/average 202 to 214 Crossbred, 46/50s: Good/average 228 to 248 Poor/average 197 to 227 Belli** Merino, 60/64s: Good/average 223 to 258 Poor/average 207 to 222 Halfbred, 54/58s: Good/average 202 to 220 Poor/average ,. 189 to 201 Crossbred, 46/50s: Good/average 209 to 238 Poor/average 197 to 208 First crutchings Crossbred, 44/48s: Good/average 214 to 257
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Press, 6 December 1979, Page 3
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