BETTER PRICES
HIDES AND SKINS SALE
Prices of sheepskins and hides showed an improvement at the sale held[yesterday by the Wellington bl Sheepskins.—Dry skins met excellent competition and sold at an advance of id to Id per lb. Salted also sold well at improved prices. Hides—A good offering was submitted and an excellent clearance was effected. Heavyweights showed little change over last sale's rates, medium and lightweights were l-Bd, kip |d, and yearling id to 3d, calf Id to lid, a Tallow sold well at slightly improved prices. The following is the range of prices: Sheepskins.—Halfbred 9Jd to 12Jd, fine crossbred 7Jd to Hid, medium crossbred 43d to 10i}d; coarse crossbred 53d to 10id, half-wools 3id to 10} d, auarter-wools 5d to BJd, pelts 3Jd to 6id. Salted: Pelts 9d to 2s each, quar-ter-wools 3s 9d, half-wools 6s 4d, three-quarter-wools 7s 2d, full-wools 7s 6d to Bs, extra large 8s 4d, lambs 6s-4d. Hides.—Ox, 331b to 441b 6 3-Bd, 451b to 521b 6d to 7d. 531b to 591b 5 5-8 d to Bd, 601b to 691b 7id to 8 l-Bd, 701b and over 8 l-8d; cow, 331b to 391b oid to 6£d, 401b to 481b 5d to 6£d, 491b and over 4Jd to 6 5-8 d; kip, 251b to 321b 5 3-8 dto 7d, 171b to 241b 5d to 9£d; yearling, 111b to 161b 8d to 10 5-8 d; calf, 91b to 101b 6 5-8 dto 11 5-Bd, 61b to 81b 6 5-8 dto 14 7-Bd, lib to 51b lod.
Tallow,—ln casks, etc., 16s to 21s 6d per cwt; in tins, 15s. Sundries.—Cow tails, to 9Jd per lb; horsehair, to 21Jd per lb.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1936, Page 12
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273BETTER PRICES Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1936, Page 12
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