WOOL MARKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11384, 9 December 1930, Page 5

WOOL MARKET

WELLINGTON. SALES.

HEAVY LATE

PRICES USUALLY BETWEEN

43d. AND 6d.

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■ WELLINGTON, , Dec.. 8. There was no improvement in prices’ at. wool., sale,-, which was marke-d ,fiy, hpavy;lato withdrawals and frequent passings. ’There .was' animated;,, competition within very restricted , limits. - Attractive lines were keenly sought, but the • prices- were usually between 43a and ; 6d. Very seldom, was the bidding, much above 7d. i The highest- price was for a tew lots of merino, eight bales A mer-, ino soiling at lOd, while eleven; bales ; super comebacks made Other Marlborough lines _of similar description’ made., 9-Jd. - These .wools , were superfine and were purchased for the. local mills. : • The quality catalogued , was-18,U-tu . bales, but withdrawals reduced . this to about 16,500. The quality was'below the average, showing signs ot the unfavorable winter. Tlie. iiclclover wool opened up stale in looks. Buying was more general than at the earlier-sales.' Bradford and Canada were the principal buyers ot super 'crossbreds., -• Somo_ buying was - cion©, by JttpaHj and i"fc is said soino wool was taken on behalf of Russia. Tlie official range of prices at to- i day’s sale compared with' -Wellington closing :abates of last season is_ as follows, the April prices being given in parentheses : - _ Merino 60/70, 60/64: Super (none) , 9d- -to LOd;: avei’ffge (B.)d ; to M) Gd; to S-Jd; inferior (7d to 8d) 44*1 to sid. • , Corriedale: Super (none), _ none; average <9d to lid); none; (7d to 73d), nono. ' ■ . ■ , . Fine lvalfbred, U6/58: (none), 8d^ to Sid ;- average :(B? f d to 93d), 6d-to < 4 d inferior (none),>?id to sid. ■ ■- Medium ' half bred, ; (none), none; average (SIdLo tU-jU), . Gd -to 7-id; inferior (none), 4d to.'s 4 d. Extra' fine crossbred, 48/50: .Super (93d to 103 d), 63d to 73d; average, (8d to 9Jd),"sd to 6id; inferior (/d to 8d), 3d to 43(1. fin _ , Ql , Fine crossbred,. 4.6/48:. Super (Sid to 10id), 6id to 7-id; average (8d to : 9-3 d), 43d to Gld; inferior (6\d to 7id), 3-Id to 4id. Medium ' crosslircd,' 44/46: Super (9-I-d to 9’d), Cd to 7id; average (i -i to 9d)', 4ld to 5-3 d; inferior (6ld to. 7id),.3d to 4d. Coarse crossbred, 40/44: Sui>er (B’,cl), 53d to-63d; average (7id to 8?,d), 4-Jd to- swd; inferior (Gd to 7Jd)', 2Jd to 4d. ' ' , Low ctossbred _36/40: Super to 8Id), 5d to s’d; average (/d to Bd),'3-Id to 43d; inferior (ojd to Gld) 2ld’ to 3d. ... Hoggets, 48/50: (8d to 9 a d), to 7-Id; fine 46/48 (7id to 9Jd). 5d to 7d; medium 44/46 (i'd to, 9d), 4d to Gel. ... Lambs .down, 50/56: (8d to 9-ad), Gd to 63d; fine 46/50 (8d to 10Jd) ; 4i-d to 63d; seedy and inferior (4J-d to 7d); 2d to 4d. Bellies and pieces; Merino, goodLo super, (none), 3jl to fid; merino, low to medium (none);' none; nailbred, good to super, (none), 3id to fid; halfbred, low to medium, (none) none; crossbred, good to super, (Oad. to 7ld), 3d to SJ-d ; crossbred, low to medium (3ld to fid), Lid,.to 3d. Cimtchings: Medium to good (4 a d to 63d), 3d to 4id; inferior and seedy (31d to 4-Id), ld to :2id. Locks: Merino (none), none; hallbred (none), none; crossbred (4 2 cl to 3id), Id to-2d.

BROKERS’ REPORTS

Messrs Murray Robert's and Co., Ltd. report as follows »on tlie sale held in Wellington yesterday: “Ihcro was a total offering of 19,000 hales, our eataloguo comprising • 3100- Bidtlum was extremely keen with severely defined limits. The condition of wools generally was-not up to lasb season. .voi*y few robust''wools being in evidence. Yesterday’s offering lacked tlie usual style, and quality of December wools. Generally speaking prices: were on a parity with the opening sales in other centres with a possible tendency to harden,-in superior sorts. At present there is little' indication of the market improving ini the near future. The passings and withdrawals were about 33 1-3 per cent, of ou,r'catalogue.”

DAMP WOOL, r

Iu a booklet to wool-growers containing much useful advice regarding the preparation of the clip for sale, which is -being issued- ?by a North Island, firm,-“attention is drawn to the very serious complaints received from 7 consumers .of wool during tlie last two years , as to- some wools having been shorn damp in "New Zealand. Not only has' the staple; been injured, but the loss in- weight between store, in New Zealarid and tlio user’s store has been ■’ .considerable, some clips’ losing 51b. arid 101b.’, and even up to 201 b. per bale.' “This is not as it should be,” ; states tho firm, “and the buyer is mot . receiving a square deal in such cases. Wo trust all our clients will .avoid, shearing sheep when there is any suspicion of dampness*,: If wool by any chauco is packed damp, claims for loss of weight will ’rest-r upon tho grower. The fact that there will in, future, be no November sale will, obviate the rush of shearing in-what is usually a wet month, and as the programme of sales will run threoweeks or a month later, and will definitely include April, it is hoped growers will adjust their shearing dates as far as possible to correspond with the later selling dates.”