RABBITSKIN MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 51, 28 August 1940, Page 12

RABBITSKIN MARKET.

The official range of prices at the Dunedin sales was as follows:—Small, 17£ dto 18Jd per lb; runners, 28£ d to 29d; racks, 31£ dto 33fd; summers, 31|d to 32Jd; first early autumns, 35d to 35 id; first late autumns, 48d to 51 Jd; first incomings, 56Jd to 65£ d; second incomings, 51d to 55£ d; first early winter bucks, 70d to 73d; first early winter does, 56d to 66d; spotted winter bucks, 82d to 87d; spotted winter does, 67d to 74d; second winter bucks, 105 d to 109 d: second winter does, 72d to 74d; first winter bucks, 109 dto Hid; first winter does, 83d to 85d; .outgoing winter bucks, 74d to 75d; outgoing winter does, 65d to 69£ d; furrier does, 72d to 74d; spring bucks, 50|d to 56d; spring does, 36d to 44§d; stained does, 46d to 56d; first milky, 35d to 38£ d; milky, 30£ dto 36d; summer broken, 31d to 31fd; autumn broken, 33d to 34£ d; second winter broken, 34Jd to 39|d; first winter broken, 38£ dto 40d; summer fawns, 30d to 37fd; autumn fawns, 60d to 68d; first winter fawns, 84d to 87£ d; summer black, 24d; autumn black, 28d to 50d; first winter black, 72£ dto 80d; first hareskins. 32d to 37d; hareskins, 21d to 28d; horsehair, 28d to 31£ d; first ferrets, 10s 4d to 13s sd; second ferrets, 8s to 12s 2d; third ferrets, 2s lOd to 5s 9d; damaged ferrets, no bid. Offerings were 51 tons. Exporters took a good proportion.