Wool about steady at Wellington
PA Wellington Prices were about steady at the combined Auckland, Wellington and Wanganui wool sale in Wellington yesterday. The sale drew little support from Japan and New Zealand mills and merchant scourers. The main buyers were from China and Eastern Europe. Of the offerings 67 per cent was second-shear, 14 per cent clothing oddments, 10 per cent lambs’ wool, 5 per cent fleece, and the rest miscellaneous. For fleece 35 to 37 microns, the market was in buyers’ favour, but average to good and average were down 2.5 per cent, compared with the last Dunedin sale.
Second-shear, good style, 50mm to 100 mm and longer was up to 2.5 per cent dearer, and 50/ 75mm was down 2.5 per cent.
Lambs’ wool 29/31 microns, poor to average, and poor, was up as much as 4 per cent. Second lambs’ wool was down 7.5 per cent. Clothing oddments, poof to average, were up 2.5 per cent, and poor down
2.5 per cent. The greasy average weight adjusted sale price was 340.46 c and clean was 457.85 c. The greasy market indicator was 337 c, and clean 454 c. Range of prices.— Second-shear, 35 microns 25/75mm: Average to good 424 to 433. 33 micron, 25/ 75mm to 50/75mm: Good 427 to 439, Average to good 415 to 424. 35 micron, 25/75mm to 50/75mm: Good to 462, average to good to 444, average 424 to 435. 35 micron, 50/ 75mm to 50/100mm: Good 462 to 482, Average to good 441 to 450, average 431 to
442. 37 micron, 25/75mm to 50/75mm: Good to 453, Average to good 421 to 441, average 419 to 432. 37 micron, 50/75mm to 50/100mm: Good 451 to 477, Average to good 441 to 450, average 429 to 441.
Second-shear bellies and pieces, 35 micron, 25/75mm to 50/75mm: Poor to average, 358 to 382,p00r 314 to 336, discoloured 295 to 310. First lambs’ wool, 29 micron, 50/75mm to 75mm: Poor to average, 464 to 479. 30 micron, 50/65mm to bulky 75mm: Poor to average, 437 to 446, poor 428 to 438. 31 micron, 75mm to 75/100mm: Average 467 to 475, poor to average, 448 to 457.
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Press, 19 April 1986, Page 3
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