WELLINGTON WOOL SALE
STRONG COMPETITION FINE WOOLS IN DEMAND [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, January 6. The wool sale offering of 30,485 bales was made to a full and representative bench of buyers. The’ first catalogue of 6,400 hales met with keen competition, the buying being wider spread than at last sale. The demand for fine wools is still strong. The wool generally opened in attractive state, light in ’ condition, and better gi'own, with an estimated increase in weight of one pound per fleece more than last season. Ewe wool was spunder, and representative prices realised- early in the sale were; Corriedale, lOd to 16d; merino, 13d to 15Jd; half-bred, 12d to 14d three-quarter-bred, 9d to lOJd; halfbred hoggets, 9Jd to 12d; fine crossbred, 9d to lOd; cross-bred lambs, 9£d to lOJd; super, lambs to 12d; Lincoln. 8d to B|d; bellies, 6d to 7^d; necks, 8d to 9d; pieces. 6£d to 8d; cross-bred lambs’ crutchings, 6d to 6RI. A line of Southdown hoggets, comprising four bales, made 1 7A. Cross-breds were about Id to }d better than at the December sale.
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Evening Star, Issue 22229, 6 January 1936, Page 6
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181WELLINGTON WOOL SALE Evening Star, Issue 22229, 6 January 1936, Page 6
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