THE WOOL SALES

Evening Star, Issue 25993, 7 January 1947, Page 7

THE WOOL SALES

ANIMATED MARKET AT WELLINGTON PRICES STEADY (P A.) WELLINGTON, January 6. The following official report on the Wellington wool sale has been issued by the Wellington Woolbrokers’ Association in conjunction with the New Zealand Wool buyers’ Assciation and the New Zealand Wool Disposal Commission : “ The third Wellington sale was held to-day, when catalogues totalling 30,000 bales were submitted to auction. These comprised 29,680 bales of greasy, 335 of slipe, 75 of scoured, and 210 of stock wools. The offering consisted of wools from Wairarapa, Manawatu, Itangitikei, Marlborough, and Nelson districts. The. clips from Wairarapa opened up fairly bright, while those from Manawatu and Itangitikei were showing the effects of the_ climatic conditions experienced during the late winter. There was a good attendance of buyers and competition was keen, especially from Continental operators, with good support from Bradford and local mills bidding keenly for wools suitable for their requirements. A feature of the sale was the keen competition and the prices realised for wellgrown medium to coarse cross-bred wools. Bellies, pieces, and necks met with keen competition, but with. re-, stricted limits. Lambs met with exceptionally keen competition throughout. ■' RANGE OF PRICES. Southdown.—Good to super., 263 d to 283 d; average, 25fd to 263 d. Extra Fine Corriedale.—Average, 253 d, Medium Corriedale and Half-bred. — Average, 23fd to 25d. Fine Corriedale and Half-bred.— Average, 23d to 273 d. Fine Three-quarter-bred.—Good to super., 243 d; average, 19|d to 213 d; inferior, 183 d. Extra Fine Cross-bred.—Good to super., 243 dto 28Jd; average, 19Jd to 23d j inferior, 173 d to 193 d. Fine Cross-bred.—Good to sujier., 22d to 263 d; average, 19d to 21d; inferior, 153 d. Medium Cross-bred.—Good to super. y 223 d to 253 d; average, 193 d to 21id; inferior, lGd to 19d. ■ Strong Cross-bred.—Good to super., 243 d to 253 d; average, 19d to 193 d. Half-bred Hogget.—Average, 20d. Fine Cross-bred, Hogget.—Good to super., 203 d to 213 d; average, 19Jd to 203 d; inferior, 183 d. Fine Cross-bred Hogget (shorn). — Good to super.; 213 d to 243 d; average, 19d to 203 d; inferior, 16|d to 173 d. Medium Cross-bred Hogget.—Good to super., 21d to 233 d; average, 193 d to 203 d; inferior, 133 d to 183 d. Medium Cross-bred Hogget.—l93d to 193 d. Lambs.—Fine Cross-bred: 223 d to 253 d; average, 213 d to 223 d; inferior and seedy, 183 dto 19d. Medium Crossbred: Good to super., 233 d to 263 d: average, 203 dto 22|d; inferior and seedy, 15d to 183 d. Pieces.—Half-bred: Average to good, 14d to 153 d. Cross-bred to super., 143 d to 163 d; average, 133 d to 143 a; inferior and seedy, 103 d to 113 d. •