Chch wool falls 2½ p.c.

Press, 19 April 1980, Page 3

Chch wool falls 2½ p.c.

For some classes of wool offered at the Christchurch wool sale on Thursday values were up to 21 per cent cheaper than most recent rates, according to the length of the sale, the report was not issued on the sale day as is the normal Pr Compared with the Dunedin sale on March 14 the report said that Merino wool was 21 per, cent cheaper, fine, medium ana strong Halfbreds par to 21 per, cent cheaper, extra -strong Halfbred and Halfbred skirtings in buyers’ favour, and Halfbred oddments firm. • For the coarser wools, comnared with the Invercargill sale! rn March 28, fine, medium, and| strong crossbred fleece was i barely steady for the better) styles and up to 2J per cent | cheaper for the poorer styles.! while better style crossbred! second- ,; '’ear was firm, poorer; style in buyers’ favour, cross-! bred lambs’ wool and skirtings! in buyers’ favour and crossbred! oddments firm. I General competition prevailed! on second-shear and lambswool but was more restricted on fleece wool and skirtings, the! re Th? principal buyers were •Eastern Eurone. the Far t-asr Ind Middle East suported by VF Tbe rn 'W^l° P ßoard gave s “ b 'l stantial support to the by bidding on «3 ® en j,n3' the offering and having «03

bales, or 4.6 per cent, sold or 1 Offering of 30,199 bales was drawn from Canterbury-, Marlborough, Nelson and the West Coast. About 40 per cent comprised full-length fleece and many of these clips showed yolk, discolouration, and cotted“llmbs’ wool was weß represented with about 8000 bales on offer, and there was * also quite a proportion of second-shear in lengths of 3in to 5m and 2in to 31 A few of the good lots of lambs’ wool were discounted because of lack of attention by growers to the removal of dis coloured portions. Brokers emphasised that.in future sales by tested samples it would be essential for growers church Woolbrokers’ AssociaFine Merino, 664/70s:

bine nierjnu. ovw.»Good to super Medium Merino. 60/4; 389 to 350 to 400 376 64s: Good to super Good Average . Extra Fine Halfbred to 330 to 300 to 395 368 334 and Corrie dale, ass 58/60s: f A 317 -Good to super ' GOOd Average £68 to 276 to 297 285

Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 56/8: Good to super to 307 Good 286 to 297 Average 272 to 285 Medium Halfbred and Corriedale, 54/6: Good to super to 306 Good 280 to 291 Average 261 to 279 Strong Halfbred and Corriedale. 50/54: Good 278 to 294 Average 259 to 277 Fine Crossbred, 50/52: Good 284 to 301 Average • ■ ■ ■ 267 to 283 Medium Crossbred, 46/50: Good * • • • 280 to 299 Average 264 to 284 Strong Crossbred 44/8: Good 280 to 302 Average 284 to 284 SHORN HOGGET Medium Halfbred and Corriedale, 54/8: Good 279 to 2S9 Average • • ■ 279 to 299 Fine Crossbred, 48/50: Good • - - 290 to 307 Average 272 to 289 SECOND-SHEAR Medium Halfred and Corriedale, 54/56: Good 276 to 293 Average 255 to 275 .Strong Crossbred, I 3in-5in, 44/8: ! Good to super I Good .. • • to 325 288 to 308 1 Average .. . •• 369 to SS7

Strong Crossbred, 2in-3in, 44/8: Good 280 to 303 Average 260 to 279 NECKS Fine Halfbred, 56/8: 297 Average/Good Medium Halfbred. 275 to 50/6, 56s: 269 294 Average/Good ■■ Fine Crossbred. 48/50: to Average/Good 262 to 279 PIECES Halfbred, 52/58: 224 Average/Good to 244 Inferior • • 190 to 220 Medium Crossbred, 46/50: Average/Good Inferior 216 196 to to 236 215 BELLIES Halfbred. 52/58: 192 176 208 190 Average/Good Inferior • Medium Crossbred, to to 46/50: Average/Good Inferior 190 160 to to 210 188 LAMBS' WOOL Halfbred, 52/58: Good to super Good Average ■ ■ • • 280 259 238 to 298 to 279 to 258 Fine Crossbred, 48/52: 295 284 265 309 294 233 Good to super Good Average to to to LOCKS Halfbred .. Crossbred 155 to 167 to 174 183