CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 13 February 1926, Page 5

CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES.

RANGE OF PRICES. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 12. The Christchurch wool sale was concluded! to-day, when the standard of prices set the previous evening was maintained 1 . Most classes of wool showed an appreciation on the Timaru rates of the preceding week, Merinos •and shabby wools being the exception, there being no change in these classes. Medium quality crossbreds and halfbreds recorded better, values by up to a penny and super halfbreds by about a halfpenny. All classes of Merinos, however, were practically unaltered on ’the Timaru rates, and were from a penny to twopence lower than the Christchurch January rates. No wool offered to-day sold at the figures reached here five weeks ago, and apart from Merinos the easing on that market averaged about a penny per lb. Vendors, however, met the market, and only 1700 odd bales, or about 8 per cent, of the offering, was passed. The activity displayed by Bradford buyers on the opening night was maintained, and the bulk of the wool went into the hands of that centre’s representatives, with the Continent securing a good' share of the small proportion of crossbred in the catalogue and also the better pieces. The top price of the, sale was 20d for a 34-bale lot. Merino made 193 d for 19 bales, and comb made 193 d for 17 bales. The range of prices was: — Merino — Super 18d to 193 d Medium .. 15d to 17d Inferior 123 d to 15§d Corriedale — „„„ , Super 173 d to 193 d Medium 156! to 17d Inferior 123 d to 143 d Fine halfbred — 1 Super 173 d to 20d Medium 15d to 17 a Inferior lljd to 143 d Medium halfbred — g U p eT I6d to 18d Medium 14Jd to 153 d Inferior 113 d to 14d Coarse halfbred — Q ut , e r 15d to 163 d ■Medium Inferior 93d to K-M Three-quar.terbred — su . per :. to .. i”iiUi4a Medium j; 0 , Inferior 9* to 10 4 d Medium crossbred — q Super 11J5 J® Inferior 83d to 93d Co sT£r OMbrea_ low to isA Inferior S' l t 0 !l ‘ d W to 101.1 Mbrcd Lieeee- t 0 im sSoV:: St to 101.1 Crossbred— 94d ST* n» Bellies— 9d to 12A low tome'av.™'::::. «« Crutehings Md . to 9}cl Low to medium 4 2 d to t