Wool firm at Wellington
PA Wellington Prices were firm at yesterday’s Wellington wool sale, according to the official report. The offering was of 26,767 bales from Auckland, Wellington, Wanganui and Napier.
Most of the wool was second-shear (77 per .cent), with clothing oddments (14 per cent), mature fleece, and first lambs’ wool both (3 per cent).
Second-shear was fully in sellers’ favour, while intermediate lengths (75mm to 100 mm) and shorter (50mm to 75mm) were firm. The Wool Board bid on 1.3 per cent of the offering and bought 0.1 per cent.
The market indicator was 443 a kilogram greasy and 595.00 clean. Prices: Second-shear bellies and pieces, 35 micron,. 50 to 100 mm: Average, — to 547, average to poor, 515 to 526. 35 micron; 75 to 100 mm, poor, 515 to 520. 35 micron 25 to 75mm to 50 to 75mm average, 516 to 530, average
to poor, 498 to 504, poor, 488 to 494. Crossbred locks and seconds pieces, 35 micron 25/ 75 average to poor, 472 to 482. 35 micron 105 to Usmm: Good to 624, average to good, to 621, average, 595 to 610. 37 micron, 105 to 115 mm: average to good, 605 to 620, average, to 612. Second-shear 31 micron 50 to 75 mm: Good to 576, average to good, to 567, average, to 556. 33 micron, 75 to 50 to 100 mm: Good, 580 to 585, average to good, 569 to 575, average, to 572. 33 micron 25 to 75mm to 50 to 75mm: Good, 562 to 569, average to good, 559 to 566, average, 550 to 560. 35 micron, 75 to 100 mm to 75 to 125 mm: Good, 592 to 600, average to good, to 590, average, to 584. 35 micron 50 to 75mm to i5O to 100 mm: Good, 569 to 584, average to good, 565 to 580, average, 560 to 575. 37 micron, 75 to 100 mm to 75 to. 125 mm: Good, 594 to 601, average to good, 584 to 595, average, 578 to 586. 37 micron 50 to 75mm to 50 to 100 mm: Good, 570 to 586, average to good, 568 to 580, average, 548 to 570.
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