FURRED SKIN SALES.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 77, 27 September 1924, Page 9

FURRED SKIN SALES.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report :—There was a fair attendance of buyers, both local and Dunediii, at our fifth and filial furred skin sale on Friday. Bidding was fairly keen, and owing to the quality of the top grades being poorer, prices for these were slightly easier than last sales; . but medium and low grade skins were from 2d to 4d per lb higher. We offered a medium sized catalogue of opossum skins, which were keenly sought, after, prices showing an increase of Is to Is Ud per.skin on last sales. The following range represents prices obtained for well' stretched and well pr.-i-up skins:—Super bucks BGd, first winter bucks 77d, super does 80d, prime winter bucks 82Jd, prime winter does 753, first winter does.o2Jd, second winter bucks 553 d, second winter does 42Jd, outgoing bucUs 37id,' outgoing does 38Jd, spring bucks 30Jd, spring does 3GJd. early winters COJd, incoming winters 50Jd, li>te autumns 41|d, ■ early autumns SS'd, dawny autumns S43d, heavy racks 32U1. light racks 31d. summers 31d, runners and suckers 20d, winter broken 3(ijd, outgoing broken 34d, spring and summer broken ■ 20d, prime winter blacks 71d. winter blacks 50d. autumn blacks 3flsd, hareskins 24d to 20d, milky does 30td to 32} d.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co.; Ltd., have received the following- report from their Dunedin office on their last rabbitskin sale, held on the 2Srd September:—"Kabbitskin report:—At yesterday's sale there was a full, attendance of buyers, and bidding was again very keen. Prices for the better qualities were firmer by id per !b, whereas medium aud low grade sorts showed an advance- of 3d to 4d per lb. The following are actual ruling prices: Prime winter bucks, S9!d to !)4Jd; first winter bucks, SOd to 92d; second winter bucks, (Sd to liSd; prime winter does, SOd to S4d; first winter does, 75id to Tild; second winter does, 55d to sSd;~eariv winters, <i2d to 70d; incoming winters, 5Sd to l)2d; late autumns, 4Sd to 50d; early autumns, -15d to 48d; prime racks, 37d-to" 3SUI; light racks, Slid to 37d; springs, 40d tn 44d; hareskius, 'lad to 32d; horsehair, 20d to 23d."

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report: We held our second, opossum skin sale yesterday, wlien we submitted a fair catalogue of all grades to an atteudauce of Southern :md local buyers. Competition . was very keen for all descriptions, aud prices as. compared with our sale of the 28th ultimo were Is Od to 2s better. The quality of the skins offered was not aij good as lasf.sale, being the denning up of the season. For a .nine line of. blues from the Fcatherston. district we secured 14s Gd each, ami for a line of super Hacks from Kketahunii we secured 18b' 3d. Trappers who are.holding skins ■'would .do well to forward them at, once for realisation. A great deal depends on the proper stretch-, ing and general get-up of' the skins, and we again notice that a. number of trappers spoilt the sule of their skins by bad stretching. Numbers of skins were stretched too square, and others agitiu were too long; the idea is to keep the fur ns compact as possible. The following is n range of ■price's :— Kirst blues, Ms fit' each; blues, Ss. nil, each; first greys. Us Id each;. greys,. 6s 3d tolls Id;, super blacks. ]3s. 3d: ljr.o\vns,. .(is .to Os 3d; reds; 7s Sd; bush rats, blue and grejs 6s.