THE WOOL SALES.

Evening Star, Issue 10212, 14 January 1897, Page 2

THE WOOL SALES.

' j i ♦ SATISFACTORY RESULTS. The 800004, aeries of Duned'p wool .Bales was opened this .morning ,ftt nine o'olook at fche. Choral Hall, Moray plaoe. The attendance of buyers was the largest seen here for some time, representing Home and foreign hotisea, local mills, speculators, and fellmongers. The catalogues submitted wore op ,a very extensive scale, the different bfokerß cataloguing as follows : Stronach Bros, and Morris ... ... 1,013 DalgetvandOo. ... 717 Donaldßeid and Co. ... 3,836 Wright, Stephenson, and Co. ... ... 4J29 New Zealand Loan and Mercantile ... 1,304 Mori tzson and Hopkin ~. ... ... 368 W;E. Reynolds .1. 841 Farmers' Agency... ~> ... ... 1,469 While the Mutual Agency Company, who now sell separately from the Associated Brokers, will offer ifi their own rooms 1,7^8, making a total of over 13,000 bales, a record for this market.

Sronaoh Bros, and Morris: report as follows : —Wo held our secor d sale of the emin this mornfog at the . Choral Hall, when the largest attendance cf buyers which wo have seen for some time was present. Besides the representatives of, Home and foreign houses, speculators, fellmongers, etc., ouyers from Roslyn, Mcsgie', Oamatu, Timaru, aud Bruce mills were alio operating. Competition all round was not excited, though purchasers were fairly eager to do business at values as quoted below. As compared with December sales, prices for bright lustrous cross-breds and half-breds were par to 11 higher, pieces |d higher) while rrrerinoes were, a shade easier. All heavy Conditioned earthy wools sold slightly in faVor of buyers. Though the bujk of the Catalogue was made up of medium quality wools, some Southern clips came to hand in beautiful condition, comparing favorably with anything offered by us this Beason. The highest prices obtained by us were for the following clips:—M oyer EH, half-bred, BAd ; merino, 7i'l; J5 in circle, cross-bred, s|d and BJj Y2 over Waiwera, cross-bred, M 5 diamond over Waiwera, cross-bred, 8d ; Stroke over A, cross-bred, 81. The values ruling were as under:—Greasy half-bred super, 8a to B£d; do extra light, B§<l. Greasy halfbred medium, to 7|d ; do inferior, 5\A to 61. Greasy cross-bred super, 7|d to BJd; do medium, 6|d to 7£d ; do inferior, s|d to 61. Greasy ineriuo super, 7£d to 8d; do medium, 6d to 7-1; do inferior, 4|d to 5Jd. Good greasy pieces, cross and half-bred, s£d to 6|d ; medium do, 5i to 5Jd ; inferior do, 3|d to 4£d. Superior merino pieces, 2£d to 3i*i; medium do, 3£d to 4Jd; good do, 4Jd to 5Jd. Greasy locks, ljd to 3£d. Donald Reid and Co. rqport as follows : " We held our second sale of the season's series at the Choral Hall this forenoon, when we submitted a oatalogue comprising 1,836 biles. There was a very large gathering of woolgrowers and others interested in the proceedings present, and we had a record attendance of buyers, come new and several familiar and welcome faces being present who were not at our. opening sale. All classes of wools were represented in our catalogue, but the bulk of the lota were made up of clips from Romney, merino, and Leicester-men uo cross-breds. - We are, pleased to note that, with some very few exceptions, the preparation and get-up of the wools offered by us to-day were above the average of past years. Many of the lots gave evidence of careful and intelligent management of the flock throughout tho season, and of care and pains having been taken in preparing the clip for tho market. The result was apparent in the satisfactory display these wools made when opened up, the brisk competition they secured, and the comparatively good prices they realised. Bidding throughout the sale was brisk, and prices ruled about the same us at the opening sales. For bright, light, Clean half-bred and the finer sorts of cross-bred woo's, lustrous and bright, there was very animated competition, and these sorts may be quoted fully up to, and in some cases they made a slight advance en, prices ruling at the first series. Prices for other sorts were no better, and in some cases they were barely up to those ruling in the December sales. The total number of bales catalogued for the series was 13,079. Of the 1,836 bales catalogued by us 1,448 bales were sold at auction, twenty-seven bales did not reach us in time to be valued by buyers, and 361 bales were passed in either through prices offered not being up to valuations, or in the absence of full instructions from theowners. The following brands made the highest prices <— RB over YV, 3 bales half-bred ewe, B£d 5 GD, 2 bales half-bred, 8J1 j S), 2 bales* half-bred, B|d; *i&, 6/biles orosa-bred, Bj'l 5 A %. 4 biles cross-bred, s£d ; RB over W, 5 bales orosa bred hogget, B|d; RB over W, 6 bales cross-bred ewe, GH in feature, 7 bilei half-bred, 81 ( L under half, circle, 8 bate*i half-bred, 8J; JP, 2 bales half-bred, 81: shield, 3 bales half-bred, 81;' strpkelhrough cirple, 4 bale»vcro#«-bred, 8d $ heart over bale crwa-bred, 8.1; GH in square, 0 bales crbas-JbrecL 7f 1 j WJ, 4 bales cross-bred, 7sd; ,GJ, 1 bale merino ewe, 7| 1; RB over W, 1 bale cross-bred ewe, 7fd; JM under half-circle, 3 bales cross-bred, 7f 1; Bj conjoined, 1 bale crossbred, 7|J ; BJ conjoined, 1 bale half-bred*, 7f 1; NP conjoined, 3 bales cross-bred, 7f 1; A3, 2 bales* half-bred ewe, 7£ 1 ; JM in square, U bales cross-bred, 7fd; C J over stroke, 1 bale cross-bred, 7f d ; Si, 9 bales cross-bred ewe, 7| 1; Sj", 9 bales cross-bred hogget, 7| 1; SA, 3 bales first cross-bred, 7|d; 87, 2 bales oross-bred, 7f d. The following table shows current values :

Superior. Good. Medium. Inferior. G. half bred .. id to 8|.l 7d to7|d6d to 6}d 5Jd to 5Jd G. crossbred ... 7Jd to SJrl 7d to7*d6d to6}d5d to5id G. mer. !d to71d6d to6|d5d to5Jd G. pieces and bellies ... Hid to 6}d &ld to 53d 4 Jd to 5d 31d to 4d G. locks |4id to 5d |4d to 4Jd|3id to 3|d|2d to 3d