SKIN AND HIDE SALES.
.The usual fornightly sale of sheepskins and hides was held yesterday. There was a good attendance ol buyers. Sheepskins were eagerly competed for and there was a better demand for hides.' Calfskins were in good demand at last sale's rates. The following is the official range 0/ prices obtained:— ' Sheepskins.—Halfbred, 20Jd to 22d; fine crossbred, I9d to 19Jd; medium coarse crossbred, I4d to 19d; short to half wool, I2d to l»Jd; dead and damaged crossbred, lid to 134 d; lambs, 14Jd to 18Jd; inferior and badly damaged crossbred, BJd to 12Jd; pelts, lid to 13ld; damp salted and green, 8s 4d to 14s 9d; lambs, salted, 7s to lls. ■ ■" I Hides.—Ox, heavy, 701b and over, "101 d* to lljd; ox, heavy, 581b to 691b, IOJd to Hid: ox, medium, 531b to 581b, 9Jd to lOid • ox light, 451b to 521b, 6d to 8d; cut, slippy, and inferior, 2d to BJd; cow, heavy, 631b and over, i-id to BJd; cow, medium, 451b to 521b, Sd to 6jd; cow, light, 331b to 441b, sid to CM; cut slippy, and inferior, ljd to s£d; bull stag 2d to 4|d; yearlings, Ulb to 161b, 6sd to B}d • yearling, 171b to 321b, 6d to 8d; calf superior up to 101b, 19d to 20} d; calf, medium to good 14d to 20d; calf, damaged/.5d to 15d. 0. allow .—ln tins, etc., 17s 6d to 22s 6d Sundries.—Horsehair, I9jd.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 11
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236SKIN AND HIDE SALES. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 11
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