Fine, crossbred prices up

Press, 12 September 1986, Page 22

Fine, crossbred prices up

Quotations for all fine and crossbred fleece descriptions, as well as second shear, rose at yesterday’s Christchurch wool sale, according to the official report. But price movements among the skirtings and oddments were mixed, with many falling compared with the Dunedin sale on September 4. Extra fine Halfbred, 26 micron, was up 5 per cent, fine Halfbred, 27 and 28 micron, up 2.5 per cent and the medium, strong and extra strong categories, 29 to 32 micron, in sellers’ favour. The Halfbred pieces were down 2.5 per cent, the bellies down 5 to 7.5 per cent, the crutchings in sellers’ favour and the locks and second pieces down 7.5 per cent. Good style medium crossbred, 34 and 35 micron, was up to 2.5 per cent dearer while the good/average style was firm; the strong crossbred, 37 micron, was in sellers’ favour, the crossbred second shear was up to 2.5 per cent dearer, the pieces were also up 2.5 per cent, the bellies down 2.5 to 5 per cent

and the better style oddments down 7.5 per cent. The Wool Board bid on 2897 bales, or 17.3 per cent, of the 17,000 bale offering and had 992 bales, 5.9 per cent, sold or passed to it. The following is the official range of clean prices issued by the Christchurch Wool Brokers’ Association, in conjunction with the. Wool Board and the Council of Wool Exporters. Merino, 19 micron: good to super, to 1051; good, to 956. Merino, 20 micron: Good, 904 to 950. Merino, 21 micron: Good to super, to 949; good, 906 to 908. Merino, 22 micron: Good to super, 830 to 841; good, 805 to 825. Extra fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 25/26 micron: Good, 600 to 603. Fine Halfbred and Corriedale, 27 micron: Good to super, 590 to 593; good, 573 to 582; good to average, 555 to 568. Medium Halfbred and Corriedale, 29 micron: Good to super, 558 to 570; good, 545 to 554; good to average, 541

to 544. Strong Halfbred and Corriedale, 31 micron: Good to super, 556 to 561; good, 545 to 554; good to average, 534 to 544. Fine Crossbred, 33 micron: Good to super, 573 to 580; good, 559 to 572; good to average, 553 to 558. Medium Crossbred, 35 micron: Good to super, to 578; good, 572 to 576; good to average, to 569. Strong Crossbred, 37 micron: Good to super, to 576; good, 570 to 5,74; good to average, 561 to 568. Shorn hogget Fine Halfbred, 25 micron: Good, to 592. Halfbred, 27/28 micron: Good, 570 to 581. Fine Crossbred, 30/31 micron, 75/100mm: Good 563 to 568. Crossbred, 33/34 micron, 75/125mm: Good, 563 to 573. Second shear Halfbred, 29 micron: Good 579 to 593, good to average, to 568. Crossbred, 37 micron, 75/ 125 mm: Good to super, 563 to 572; good, 555 to 560, good to average, 544 to 553. Crossbred, 37 micron, 50/

100 mm: Good to super, 560 to 566; good, 552 to 558; good to average, to 551. Necks Halfbred, 27/28 micron: Average to good, 521 to 536. Fine Crossbred, 32 micron: Average to good, 503 to 528. Pieces Halfbred, 27/28 micron: Average to good, 518 to 531; average, 488 to 517. Crossbred, 35 micron: Average to good: 536 to 540; average, 507 to 527. I Bellies Fine Halfbred, 26 micron: Average to good, 512 to 516. Halfbred, 28 micron: Average to good, 485 to 503; average, 466 to 480. Medium Crossbred, 35 micron: Average to good, 451 to 466; average, 444 to 448. Crutchings Halfbred, 29/30 micron: Good, 419 to 436; average, 399 to 415. Crossbred, 37 micron: Good to super, 480 to 493, good, 456 to 460„ average, to 430. Locks Halfbred, 28 micron: Average to good, to 371. Crossbred, 35 micron: Average to good to 359.