Auckland wool down

Press, 19 April 1980, Page 3

Auckland wool down

PA Auckland Fleece, r sorer second shear and lambs, and all oddments were in buyers’ favour at the Auckland wool sale yesterday. Good secondshear was up to 2.5 per cent cheaper on Christchurch rates but good lambs were unchanged. . The catalogue comprised 22,698 bales of which 500 were scoured. A further 3250 bales were offered on separation from Napier.About 58 per cent of the catalogue was autumn sec-ond-shear ewe wool, with 14 per cent full-length fleece. Lambs comprised 13 per cent of the offering and the

balance was 13 per cent clothing oddments and 2 per cent combing oddments. Because of the wet season and flush of feed, yields averaged 85 per cent, which is 2 to 3 per cent higher than the average for April. Competition came mainly from the New Zealand Wool Board, which bid on 86 per cent of the offering and bought 44 per cent. The balance was bought for delivery to Eastern Europe, the Continent, the Middle East, and Japan. The adjusted weighted average selling price was 251.73 c a kilogram, according to the Wool Board.- Neither retention nor supplementation was needed.

Official range of prices: FLEECE

Crossbred, 44/48s, 48/50s: Average to good .. Average 257 253 to to 281 266 SECOND-SHEAR Crossbred lambs. 48/50s: Good 288 to 299 Average to good .. 276 to 287 Average Crossbred, long. 264 to 275 44/48s, 46/50s: Good 297 to 310 Average to good .. 285 to 296 Higher-yielding av. Crossbred short, 272 to 284 44/48S, 46/50s: Good 288 to 298 Average to good . - 276 to 287 Higher-yielding av. 263 to 275 Crossbred, 44/48S, 46/50s: Good * - 274 to 283 Average to good .. 265 to 273 Lower-yield, aver. 254 to 264 LAMBS Fine Crossbred, 50s, 48/50s: Average to good .. 280 to 294 Average 261 to 279