Wool barely steady
PA Wellington The Wool Board bid on 81 per cent of the catalogue and bought 47 per cent at the Wellington wool sale yesterday. The catalogue of 18,806 bales included 441 bales offered by separation from Auckland. The offering was 22 per cent ewe fleece, 30 per cent lambs’ wool,: 38 per cent autumn' second-shear, and 10 per cent oddments'. ■, Compared with the Napier sale on March 20, the mar- :
ket for fleece and lambs’ wool was generally unchanged, but the better autumn second-shear wool was inclined in buyers’ favour. The main buyers, apart from the Wool Board, were the Continent and Eastern Europe, with support from New Zealand mills. The’., adjusted weighted average • sale price ' was 243.21 c a kilogram. ; ‘.The-range of prices was: Medium- crossbred,
44/48S and 46/48s: Good - 4 272 to 279 . Good to Average 265 to 271»,
Average Poor Second-shear 238 to 264 to 254 Crossbred, 3in to 4in, 44/48s and 46/50s: .Super —- to 301 Good 272 to 280 Good to Average 266 to 271 Average 256 to 26 a Crossbred, 2in to 3in, 44/48s and 46/aOs: Good 260 to 270 Good to Average 2a0 to 259 Average 240 to 249 Crossbred bellies and ■pieces Good 192 to 200 Average to Good 180 to 191 Average 165 to 179 Crossbred lambs, long: Good 266 to 274 Good to Average 258 to 265 Average 248 to 257
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