NAPIER WOOL SALE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1927, Page 11

NAPIER WOOL SALE

EANGE OF PRICES

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

■• . NAPIER,. 18th January. The keeu competition which charac-' terised the opening, of the third Napier wool sale last night was maintained throughout the remainder of the sale to : day,,; and .90 per cent, of the catalogue of 30,000 bales was sold under the hammer at prices generally in advance of the rates; ruling at the December sale. Merino and Southdown both showed a good improvement. Halfbred increased on an average by one penny, and crossbred were up' about three farthings. Pieces and bellies showed a decline' on the somewhat-ex-treme prices ruling in December. The range of prices is as under:— Merino—Average, up to 20d. ■ •' '. .Southdown—Average, up to 17 %d; Inferior, 13HU to lod. • - . . ■ . ". ■ . , Eino halfbred, SG/sS—Average, up to 17% d -Medium halfbred,' 50/56—Super, 10% dto l<%d; average, up to 15»4d. Coarse halfbred, 48/50—Super, 15»id to 17d• average, 13% d to 15d; inferior, lid to 13d! Fine crossbred, 46/48 —Super, 14d to 15%d----averag to 13} id; inferior, 10y 4 d to ll%d. •-■.,■■■..- Medium- crossbred, 44/46—Super, 13d to I4|4d; average, lid to'l2%d;.inferior.. 9%d to' Coarse, crossbred, 40/44—Super 12% dto to ioiV d arerage> 10Kd t0 U^d'" inferior, 9d Low crossbred, 30/40—Average, lOd to liy,dinferior, B%d to 9Mid. -■ ' : '- ' drA ) °» gK? l ts,l7sui' er ' 48/, 3°—12% dto 16%d;flne,. , /,?;/i iyjd t0 15% d; medium, 44/4C/12d to 14% d; coarse, 40/44, lOy.d to 12% d ( Li a Qn^~ FlnS' 14% dto lfi"^d: medium, lid to 13% d; seedy and inferior, 7d to lid Pieces—Necks, 10% dto 14d; crossbred/good' to super, 10% d to 1214 d; crossbred, low to medium, 7%d to lOd; seedy and inferior. 6V>d to. lOd. • ■ ■■; .'•..'■ ■ .■ Bellies-^Crossbred, good to 'super,'B%<L to' lOd; crossbred, low to medium, 7d to S^d. . Crutchings—Jledium to good, 8d to 10%dinferior and seedy, 4d, to 7d. • ':' ■ ■ Locks—Crossbred, 5d to 6d. . ;.: -.'■•'.. "■ ... '.