CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 144, 15 December 1922, Page 8

CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE

KEEN COMPETITION EXHIBITED.

(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS' ASSOCIATION.)

OHEISTCHURCH, 14th Dec. The second wool sale of the season was commenced to-day and is to be concluded to-morrow. The entry comprised .18,434 bales, and the catalogue was a remarkably good»one, the wool generally being well conditioned, and in the absence of dry, hot weather, freer from seed and earth than usual. The selection covered all grades. There was some choice merino forward, and some of the most notable halfbred and Corriedale clips in the province were al*o catalogued. Keen sales eventuated, competition being particularly spirited by local mills for all fine wools. Bradford buyers secured the lion's share of the threequarterbred and crossbred wools, and the Continent a proportion of the lower .grades. Fellmongering lots participated in the, advance, local mills entering the lists for the finer lots. Compared with the : November sale merino was up by lid to 2d per lb, halfbred ljd' to 2d, three-quarterbred ljd to 2d, crossbred lid to 2d, and pieces and locks,-bellies Id to 2id. Whilst Home buyers found merino wools somewhat' in the air for them, they were all to the fore for. all halfbred wools, and the great bulk of this class averages between 18d and 22d, and very few lots made below 16d. / { Operators on American account! did not appear to be liberally equipped with. orders, though they were in the market for 46's to SO's wools. . . ■ i The following is a range of value realised :— Merino.—Super, ,23Jd to 27£ d; .medium, 21d to 23Ad; inferior, 18W to 20id.- . • ••■■•--■. Halfbred.—Super, 21|d to 25id; medium' 19d to 21Ad: inferior, 13Ad to 'law. ■ ■ Corriedale.—Super, 22d to 26£ d; me- , diiim, 18d to 21id.' Down.—Super, up to 24d; medium, 17d'to;20d. ! Three-quarterbred.—Super, 15d to 20Jd; medium, 12|d to 14Jd; inferior, BJd to 12d. • ...' . . Medium Crossbred.—Super, 12d to 15d; medium, lOd to Hid;.inferior, B£d to 9id. , , . "■■.■■;■ . . Coarse Crossbred.—Super, 9|d to lid; medium, B£d to 9id; inferior, 7d to B{d. Meriono pieces, 14d to 22d? first halfbred pieces 15d to 22£ d; scoured halfbred pieces, 8d to 14d. •'■ Locks.—Merino, 7id to Hid; halfbred, 6§d to Hid; crossbred, 4d to 6|d. ' Bellies.—Corriedale and halfbred, lOd to 163 d. Crutchings.—Halfbred, 6d to 9sd.; crossbred, vp t to 6id. , lV ■ Just before j the wool sale closed a record price for New Zealand was established for merino wool, when thirtyeight bales of Craig-Lochart brand (Blenheim) were sold at 28id and thirtynine at 27d. The local mills were thepurchasers. . o . ' OHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The wool sale closed to-day, jwhen a New Zealand record, price of lijdi' was realised for four bates of fine crossbred. There was slightly less buoyancy towards the end of the sale, due entirely to the New Zealand milk having apparently filled their orders in three-quarter and halfbred. : Merinos remained in strong demand, the top price being 27i<i.