Wool steady

Press, 22 January 1982, Page 3

Wool steady

PA Wellington The Wool Board was active at the Wellington wool sale yesterday, bidding on more than 80 per cent of the offering of 22.716 bales and having 38 per cent sold or passed to it.

Compared with the Wanganui sale on January 15, the market was quoted as similar for all types, with lambs’ wool firm.

The Wool Board supplemenation on all types was extensive with ewe wool receiving up to 20c a kilogram and oddments up to 25c a kilogram. The offering was mainly ewe and lambs' wool, the fleeces in the main showing cottiness and yellow stain. The adjusted weighted average sale price was 256.45 c a kilogram, according

to the Wool Board. Based on this a Government supplementary payment of 24.8 per cent will apply to all wool sold at the sale and all wool sold privately from midnight on Wednesday to midnight last night. Official range of prices: Ewe fleece:

Average to good Average Crossbred ewe: 256 to 272 245 to 255 Average to good 270 to 290 Average Early-shorn; 258 to 265 Average to good 245 to 265 Average Pieces: 230 to 244 Average Bellies: 190 to 210 Average Necks: 160 to 175 Average First lambs: 230 to 247 Good to 292 Average to good 265 to 275 Average Second lambs: 250 to 264 Average 190 to 210