RABBITSKIN SALE

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 295, 10 September 1941, Page 3

RABBITSKIN SALE

Strong Demand In Dunedin Dominion Special Service. DUNEDIN, September 9. The Dunedin Stock Agents and Woolbrokers’ Association reports that at today's rablbitskin sale brokers submitted catalogues totalling about 47 tons. Demand was exceptionally strong for all descriptions, values all oyer showing improvement on late quotations. Outgoings and winters elicited keen competition and were on an average 3d. to 6d. dearer, the greatest appreciation bejng on does. All other grades sold readily at prices Id. to 3d. better. First winter bucks sold to. 185 d., first winter does 173 d., second winter bucks 176 d., second winter does 164 d., furrier does 156 d., spotted winter bucks 155 d., spotted winter does 154 d., outgoing winter bucks to 13Sd., outgoing winter does 131 d. The official range of prices is as follows: Small, to 69d. per lb.; runners, 77d. to 82d.; racks, 884 d. to 91d.; summers, ssd. to SB]d.; spotted winter bucks, 146 d. to load.; spotted winter does, 140 d. to 154 d.; second winter bucks, 172 d. to 176 d.; second winter does, 160 a. to 164 d.; first winter does, l-71d. to 185 d.; outgoing winter bucks, 124 d. to 138 d.; outgoing winter does, 114 d. to 131 d.; furrier does, 152 d. to' 156 d.; spring bucks, 102 d. to 121 d.-; spring does. 99d. to 113 d.; stained does, llOd. to 112 d. ; first milky, 97Jd. to 102 d.; milky, 89£dto 94id.; summer broken, 81d. to Sad.; autumn broken, 92d. to 94£d.; second winter broken, 9Sd. to 954 d.; first winter broken, lOld. to 102 d.; summer fawns, 75d. to 76d.; autumn lawns. 92d to 97d.; first winter fawns, 126Jd. to 139 d.; summer ‘black, 77d. to 83d.; autumn black, 99d. to 119 d.; first winter black, 137 d. to 1a0d..; first hareskitts, 9t)|d. to 95d.; hareskius, 61 id. to 64id.; horsehair, 25d. to 29d.; first ferrets, 8/1 to 11/10; second ferrets, 3/- to 7/-: ferrets (white), 3/10 to 6/-; third and interior ferrets were difficult to sell.