DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 9, 22 December 1925, Page 5

DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

KEEN COMPETITION AT IMPROVED PRICES. Dunedin, Dec. 21. The first Dunedin wool sale of the season, which took place at Burns Hall, was commenced on Saturday evening, and concluded to-day. The catalogue totalled 15,064 bales. There was a fu’i bench of buyers, including several new operators. Great Britain, America, France and Germany were represented, and practically all classes of wool met with keen competition. Bradford buyers took the heaviest weight of wool, while local mills were keen buyers for all suprefine qualities, both fleece and pieces, and Continental buyers, although not securing a large proportion materially assisted in maintaining a strong tone throughout the sale. From the commencement of the sale it was evident that practically all classes of wool, fleece and pieces alike, would provide sound competition, ami this proved to be the case, values throughout being fully equal to and in many cases in advance of late northern sales. This is borne out by the fact that fully 95 per cent of the offerings was sold under the hammer. The following is the range of values:— Merino—

d. d Extra super 29J to 23 Super 181 to 20 Average 161 to 18 Inferior 14 to 16 Fine Half bred— Super IS to 20.} Average 16 to 171 Interior 121 tn 15 Medium Halfbred— Super 16i to 20 Average 141 to 164 Inferior 12 to 14 Coarse Half bi cd— Super 16 to 183 Average 13 to 154 Inferior JO to 1 2 Corricdalc — Super 18 to 201 Average 16 to 17 Fine Crossbred— Super 13'1 to 151 Average 111 to 134 Inferior 9 to J 11 Coarse Crossbred — Super 12 to 13 Average 105 to 114 Inferior 81 to 10 A Bellies and Pieces— Merino good to super .. 13 to 18 Low to medium 9 to 12 Halfbred good to super 13 to Hit Low to medium 9-J to 1 ox Crossbred good to super 9 to 114 Low to medium r>5 to 84 Urutehings— Medium to good 7 to 10 Inferior to seedy 4 to 6 Locks — Halfbred and Merino .. 5 to 81 Crossbred 3 to 6