SMALL LOCAL OFFERING
At the sale of hides and sheepskins held in Wellington yesterday small catalogues were submitted to the usual buyers. Competition for sheepskins was good, but- prices generally were id to id down, with an occasional line making last sale's price. Heavy, ox hides sold on a par-with' recent'prices, but light and medium sorts—together with all weights of cow—were l-8d to .id lower. , Kip and yearling declined by id per lb, but calfskins were firm
The range of prices is as follows— Dry sheepskins.—Fine crossbred, 5Jd to 9d a lb; medium, 7d to BJd; coarse, 6,?d to Bid,-half wopls, 5Jd to 7:]; quarter wools. 5d to 5Jd; pelts. 3d to ,54d.
Salted skins.—Pelts, Is Id each; quarter wools, 2s 4d; full wools, 7s 3d; lambs, 2s 4d.
Hides.—33lb to-441b, 4 7-8d to 5^ a lb; 451b to 521b. 4 5-8d to 7 l-8d; 531b to 591b, 6 l-8d to 7 5-8d; 601b to 691b, 5 5-8d to 7 7-8d; 701b and over, 7 7-8d; cow, 331b to 391b, 4?d to Gd; 401b to 481b, 4 7-8d to 5 7-8d; 491b find over, 4 7-8d to 5Jd; kip, 251b to 321b, 4Jd to 53d; 171b to 241b. 4.Jd to 6',d; yearling, 171b to 241b, 4}d to-6Jd; 111b to 161b. 5d to 7?d: calf. 91b to 101b. 4!Jd to 73d; 61b to 81b, 43d to 9i!d; VCa- to 51b, 4Jd to 9.'.d. Tallow—ln tins, 11s to 15s 3d a cwt. Sundries;-^-Cow tails, 7£d a dozen; horse hair, 18d to 193 d a lb.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1938, Page 6
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253SMALL LOCAL OFFERING Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1938, Page 6
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