HIDE AND SKIN SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1431, 4 May 1912, Page 7

HIDE AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report :-At our usual fortnightly sale of wool, skins, hides, and tallow op Friday afternoon we offered, to a, good attendance of buvers, a catalogue consisting mostly of oddments (all bale wool being kept liaek for the crutchings sale to Us held at end of May). Competition was Keen, and satisfactory prices were obtained for all lines submitted. Quotations:- ; Wool-Crossbred, 6d. to Bjd.; dead, s»d. io 7*d.j bellies. 43d. to 5?d.; pieces, 4d. to sJd.flocks, Id. to 4Jd. Sheepskins-Crossbred, fine, 7d.; crossbred, sid. to 5Jd.; half-wools, 6d. to Ha.; dead, 43d. to 53d.; lambs, 63d.; pelts, 31(1.; broken and damaged, 4)d. to 53d. Hidos.-Ox. medium, 6|d. to t>2d.; oi, dead, sid.i cow, pood. 6jd. to 7d.;- cow, cut and slippy, 6d. to 61d.; yearlings, 7d ; horse, cut and- slippy, at sach, 10s. 6d.; calf. »ood. Hid. to 12(1.; calf, cut and ■ slippy, 83d. to Hi. , „ r ~ , Ta.llow.-In shipping order, 255. 3d. to 28s. 9d. per cwt.; iu tins, 225, 6d. Messrs, Levin and Company, Ltd., report as follows regarding yesterday's sale:-Wo held our fortnightly sale to-day, when we offered 10 bales of wool, 15C0 sheepskins, ■200 hides and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool-Prices were firm, and nil lots sold at full market rates. Fine crossbred, Bd. to 9d ; medium crossbred, 3d. to BJd.; coarse crossbred, 7d. to 73d.; inferior crossbred, 61d. to 6Jd.; pieces, 4Ji3. to 51d.; locko, 3d. to *£«• ■ ■ Skins—Firm. Strong competition. Halfbrads and fine crossbreds, 7d. to 7?d.; medium and coarse, 6Jd. to 71d.; dead skins. 4kl. to sid.; lamb skins, Sid,, to 64d.; green pelts, 3s. 10(1. to 5-1. 2d. Tallow—Firm. Parcels, in shipping order, £29. Tins, £20 to £24. Rough fat, £19. Horsehair, Is. to Is. 9id. Horns, 6s. to 21s. per hundred. Tails, Is. 6id. per dozen. Hides.—Unchanscd and firm. Ox hides (heavy), 7*d. to 73d.; ox hides (medium), 7d. to 7f;d.: ox hid»s (light), 6M. to 71d.-, cow hides, 6d. to 7Jd.; cut and slippy hides, Bid. to 6Jd,; stag and bull bides, sd. to 5Jd.; yearlings 75(1. to BJd.; calf, best, lOd. to 12Jd.; calf, medium. B>d. to !od.; calf, cat and slippy, sjd. to BJd.; horse hides (heavy), 7s. 6d. to 9s. 9d.; horse hides (light), ss. to Bs. 3d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile m Agency Co., Ltd., report o.s follows:—We £| held our usual fortnightly saJe on Friday la of sheepskins, hides, and tallow. There In was a large attendance of buyers, and bid- m ding was brisk. Sheepskins sold if any- [J thing slightly better than Inst salo, whilst B5 hide and tallow prices wore well maintain- t$ ed. We are holding all wool over until m the end of the present, month, when wo are Kj holding a special sale of crutehings. Wo ei quote:— ffl Sheepskins-Crossbred, fine, 73d. to 7Jd.; K2 medium and coarse crossbred, 6id, to 7id.; gj crossbred, half-wools, 6d. to 61d.; crossbred, nuartcr-wool, 3jd. to sid.; crossbred. - pelts, bare, drv, to lOd.; crossbred, dead rf snd broken, 23d. to -5Jd.; lambskins, 4Jd. V\ to 63d.; salted skins. 2s. to 4s. 7d. each; ) lambskins, "s, 6d. to 3s. each. y Hides.-Ox, 6d. to Bd.: cow, 6d. to 7d.; (i drv hides, to 6>,d.; calfskins, to 12Jd. (r Tallow—ln casks, mixed, 283. Cd. per cwt.; .1 in tins and boxes, 19s. 6d. to 245. 6d. \ Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., y report :—Wc- ottered t>. catalogue of 20 bales / wool, 4000 sheepskins, and 550 hides, be- j sides a large quantity of tallow in casks J and tins. The attendance of buyers was I large, and all exhibited a keen desire to (! buy, prices for sheepskins firming to the j extent of a farthing, and occasionally a ) halfpenny per lb. Hides were in keen re- S quest at par to an eighth lower, the dlf- I 1 ference being in light weights. Tallow ( sold at an advance of one shilling per j cwt. We quote:- ) Wool.-Crossbred, fleece, rough, seedy, ojd. ] to Bid. per lb.; lambs wool. 7Jd. to ojd.; ( pieces, bellies, etc, 4d. to 53d. ( Skins.—Fine crossbreds, 7d. to 73d. per ) lb.; crossbreds, 6Jd, to 7Jd.; dead and in- ) fcrlor. 4d. to 53d.; short to half-woolled, I 4Jd. to 6id.; lambs, woolly, 63d, to 7Jd.; (j lambs, short wools, 4d. to 6jd. I Hides.-Ox, heavy, cut, 7jd. to BJd. per V lb.: ox, medium to heavy, not stout, 7d. to y 7Jd.: ox, niedimn, 7d. to 7?d.; ox. light, 6id. (I to 'lid.: cow, heavy, 63d. to 7Jd.; cow, me- i dium, 63d. to 7d.; cow, light, 6|d. to 63d.; damaged, cut, and slinnv, 53d. to 6d.; calf. , skins, good, 9?d. to IOJd.; calfskins, damaged. 6d. to Bd, S Tallow—ln casks, 275. 6d. to 295. 6d. per | .cwt.; in tins, 245. to 255. per cwt, jj

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., renort on their sule yesterday ns follows :- The U6iial fortnightly sale of wool sad skins, etc., was held to-day. Buyers wero present in force, and prices were verv firm at a slight advance for wool end skins, whilst hides sold on a par., We quote:— , , ~. . ... Wool.— Rough crossbred, 6jd. to rid,; lambs, 7d. to 73d. Skins.—Half -wool?. 6id. to 6}d.; quarterwools, 5Jd. to 6d.; lambs, 7d.; shorn la.mbß, s!d-: short and inferior, 4d. to <}(!•; damn and irreen skins, 4s. 7d. to 4s. lid.; small, "Hides— Heavy ox, 7|cs. to 72d.; medium ox, 7Jd.; heavy cows, 7d.; medium cows, 6Sd. to 63d.; bad-conditioned cows, 6*d.; noras, ss. 9d. ; calf. 9d. to WW. Tallow.-In casks, medium, £28 to £29; in tins, inferior, 225. 3d. per cwt.

The United Farmers' Co-operative Association, litd., and the Wairnmpn, Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., report as follows on their fortnightly wool, sheepskins, and hide sales, held yesterday. Prices realised were as follow:— Wool.—limbs. 7Jrl. to lid.: lambs, seedy, s»d. to 6*d.; crossbred, in bags, 7}d. to Ed.; dead. 6d. to 7d.; crutchings, in bags, 4ld. Shcepskins.-Crossbred. fnil-woollod, Md. to 63d.; crossbred, medium, sd. to sjd.: crossbred, short-wool, 4d, to 51d.: dead and ho"got, 4d. to 5Jd.; damaged and broken, 3in\ to 43d. ,„, ~ Calfskins—Good, 88d. to !M.; medium, Bd. to Bi!d.; cut and slinpy, sd. to 6d. Hides.-Ox, heavy, 7d, to 75d.; ox. medium. 6!d. to 7Sd,: ox, light, s}d. to 6Jd.: ox. J cut Mid' slippy, 43d to Sid.; cow, good, 6d to 7*d.; cow, cut and slippy, sd. to 53d.