HIDES AND SKINS

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 110, 11 May 1935, Page 12

HIDES AND SKINS

PALMERSTON NORTH SALE

At the monthly sale of wool, sheepskins, hides, and tallow, conducted by Abraham and Williams, Ltd., at Palmerston North, competition was. very - animated from all sections of the trade. Wool: Finer sorts were, firm to %d dearer and crossbreds were firm to %d dearer. Sheepskins:; Fine woolled skins appreciated %d per lb and-coarser skins advanced %d to Id. '■ Pelts and damaged skins;were very-firm to ld v better. Hides: Oxhides depreciated in value l-8d to ViA per Tb,. while heavy, and medium cow were firm to %d lower. Light cow, however, were firm,to .%d dearer. Calfskins were %d lower. Tallow: The market was very firm. ' ' ■

The following is the range of values:— Wool:. Southdown, 7d to Bd'per lb; fine hoggets, 6d to 7d; hoggets, sVad to 6%d; A crossbred, 4%d to s^d; B, 4d to sd; coarse, 4d to 4J4d; crts., 3d to 3%d; prices, 2d to 3Hd; dead, : 5d- to 6d. Sheepskins: FineJioggets, 6%d to 7d;< hoggets, 5%d to 6d; threequa'rter-full wools, 6d to 6%d; quarter-half wools, 5%d to 6d; short-quarter' wools, 4d to sd; pelts, 3d to 4%d) crossbred-damaged, 4%d to 4%' d; lambs, 5d to 6%d; lambs damaged, 4d to sd.' : . Hides: Ox, heavy.6 5-8 d to'7d, medium 6%d to 6%d, light to 5V4d; cow, heavy a l-8d to 5 7-Sd, medium 414 dto H'4.4, ]i-»ht 5d to 5 3-8 d; yearlings, 6d to 7%d; calf, light first 8 1-Sd'to 8 5-Sd, light second 7 5-8 dto 8 l-Bd, light cut 0 5-Sd to 7 1-Sd. Tallow: In drums, super, 26s to-27s per cwt; in tins, first 18s" to 22s1, second 15s to 165..' . .