WOOL PURCHASE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 12

WOOL PURCHASE

AUCKLAND PRICES

COMPARATIVE RETURNS

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 4. Detailed prices for the first wool appraisement in Auckland following Government purchase of the clip under the arrangement made with the United Kingdom Government were announced by the Auckland Woolbrokers' Association. The association states that the values realised were much as had been expected on the basfs of 12Jd a 1b average. In the following table the list of appraisement prices as issued by the association is presented in the first column, and in the second column is given the range of' prices at the November auction in Auckland in 1938:— Appraisement, Auction, 1939. ' /Nov., 1938. d. dl A d. Southdown A ...14 to 15 0% to 10% Southdown B ... 13 to 13% 8% to 9% Halfbred,56/5S — Extra super .. 16 to 17% 14 to 15 Super .. 14 & to 15 13 to 14 Average 13 to 14 12 to 12% Halfbred, 50/56— Super 14% to la 12% to 13 Average 13% to 14% H to 1104 Seedy & inferior 12% to 12% 9 to 10 Extra Fine Cros'sbred. 48/50 — N Super 14 to 14% 11 to 12 Average 13 to 13% 10% to 11 Seedy & inferior 11% to 12% 9 to 10 Tine Crossbred, 46/48— Super ... 13% to 11 10% to 11% Average 12% to 13 10 to 10% Seedy & inferior 11 to 12% 8% to 9% Medium Crossbred,. 44/46 — Super 12 to 13 10% to 11 Average ..... 11 to 11% 9% to 10% Seedy & inferior 10 to 10% !) to 9% Coarse Crossbred, 40/44 — Super 11 to 11% 10% to 11 Average 10% to 10% 9% to 10%" .Seedy & inferior — to 10 9 to 9% Hoggets— 52/56 14% to 15% 11% to 12 50/56 13% to 15 11% to 12 48/50 12% to 14% 10% to 11% 46/48 11 to 12% 9% to 11 Pieces, crossbred— Good to super .. 10 to 11 — — 92 to medium 6 to 8% — — Halfbred 10% to 12. — — Bellies and Pieces — Crossbred ...-. 6 to S'/i — Halfbred 8 to 10 — Crutcuings— Med. to good . 7% to 9 7 to 8 Inferior to seedy 5 to 6% 4% to 6 Locks— Crossbred ... 5 to 5% 4% to 4% Prices for bellies and nieces are presented in a slightly different form from previous years. The range at the Auckland sale in November last year was stated as follows:— Bellies and Pieces.—Crossbred: Good to super, 7£d to 8fd; low to medium, 6&d to 7£d. Halfbred: 9£d to lOd. The task of appraising the Auckland wool clip was completed last Tuesday. During the 11 days on which 19 apSJ^ISF 1? were engaged they dealt with 23,500 bales.