Napier wool sells well
pA -- Napier Prices at the Napier wool sale yesterday w.ere in sellers’ favour compared with Thursday’s Dunedin sale. The Wool Board was not as active as at other recent sales, bidding on only 38 per cent of the offering and buying only 10 per cent, mainly poorer-stylc oddments.
The offering included big quantities of various crushing types, a small quantity of second-shear and new-sea-son ewe fleece, plus a larger than q’sual quantity of hogget’ fldece for this time of the season. ;-b
The' ,new-:?eason hogget and ewe fleece offerings were robustly grown, sound, and free from^discoloration. ■■ The - -'main' - competition came from. “China,. Eastern Europe, and Iran. New Zea-
land carpet mills bought much of the crutchings. The adjusted weighted average selling price was 253.01 a kilogram.
The range of prices was.— Hogget • Fine Crossbred, 50s and 50/525,. long, high yielding: Good to super .. 312 to 319 Good •• 311 Good to average 296 to 303 Average 288 to -9a L Good elding: -. 281 to 289 Good to average .. 274 to 280 Average 267 to 2/3 Crossbred 48/50s and . 46/50s, long. high yielding: Good to super .. 304 to 310 ’ Good •• 29/ to 303 Good to- average .. 289 to 298 . Average ... 231 to 280 Low yielding: • ■ Good * - - 2*5 to 28Good to average 28? J° Average ; ; 2ao to 2a7 Crossbred’ewe fleece, 44/48s and 46/48s.; i? , . r - ; .. long v high yields i - - Good "to super -291 to 297 Good : 284 to 290 ’’lGood to average*'.. 277 to 283
Average .. • - 270 to 276 Low yielding: Good ■ • 264 to 2*o Good to average .. 256 to 263 Average - 244 to 2ao Second-shear Crossbred. 44/48s and 46/50s. 3ih. to 4in, high yielding: Good to super .. 290 to 296 Good ■ • 283 to 289 Good to average .. 276 to 282 Average ..' 269 to 275 Low yielding: Good .. 260 to 268 Good to average .. 252 to 259 Average 244 to 241 Crossbred first crutch- . ings, 40/465. 2in to 4in. high ing:.Good to super .. 256 to 262 Good ■ • 248 to 255 Good to average .. 240 to 247 Average .. 233 to 239 Average to poor .. 226 to 232 Low yielding: y v Average r - 223 to ”22 Average to poor. ..; 216 to 222 Poor •• 208 to 215 Crossbred hogget pieces. 48/525,_ long, high yield-, inc: - ’ — • Go"H tn average .. 2’2 to 218 Average .. 205 to 211 Average to poor . . 197 to 204
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