TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND. TALLOW SALE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 15 May 1912, Page 6

TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND. TALLOW SALE.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, May 7, I held my usual sale of above produce. Consequent on there being no sale last month there was a large offering, same comprising 54 bales and 281 sacks wool, 5493 sheepskins, 1524 hides, 47 casks, 5 kegs and 155 tins tallow and 695 calfskins, besides the usual quantity of hair, tails, bones, etc. This met with very keen competition, prices all round being very firm. Wool.-^Only straggler lots now coming forward, fleece being at par with late rates, lambs showing id higher. Skins. —Again a good market at unchanged prices. Hides.—No first-class lines ox offering, the quality catalogued, however, selling well with keen demand. Cow hides declined £d to fd. Tallow competition was brisk, and prices advanced 5s per ton. I quote:— Wool. —Fine crossbi'ed, 7^-d to 8d ; medium crossbred, 6f d to 7^d; coarse crossbred, 6Jd to 6Jd; cotted and stained, 6d to 6^d; seedyj'ojd to oifd; black Heece, s^d. Lambs, 6d to 7id: seedy lambs, 4d to sfd; dead-, 6d to 6kl; crutchings, 4id to s£d; first pieces, 4cl to 4|d; second pieces, 3d to 3ijd; locks, |d to 2jd; scoured pieces, 9d: skin pieces, 2d to 2fd. Sheepskins.—Medium crossbred, full wool, 6fd to 6fd; coarse crossbred, 6d to 6^d; fine lambs, 6£d; coarse lambs, 5d to 6d; dead, 3d to 4^d; half wool, oid to 6d; fine half wool, 6£d; quarter wool, 3d to s^d; pelts, Jd to 4d; damaged pelts, £d to 2d; full wool, damaged, 3Jd to od. Damp lines as follows: Heavy wool, 5s 7d to 7s 9d; lambs, Is 9d to 3s 3d'; light lambs, 8d to Is 6d; hoggets, 4s to 5s Id; half wool, 2s to 3s lOd; quarter woo], 9d to Is lid; jjelts, Id to Is; damaged pelts, Id to 2d; damaged skins, 2s lOd to ss; salted lines full wool, os 6d to 6s 8d; half wool, 2s 6d to 4s; quarter wool, Is 9d to 2s 6d; lambs, 2s to 3s; dead lambs, £>d to Is; pelts, 4d to Is 7d; lambs, pelts, 6d to lOd; damaged skins, Is 3d to 2s 9d. Hides. —Ox, extra stout, 9d; stout, 84 to B|-d; heavy, 7id to 7|d; medium, 7d to 7^d; light, 6|d to 7d; cut ox, sikl to 6gd; cow, superior heavy, 7|d to 7jd; superior medium, 7d to 7^l; superior light, 6ijd; ordinary heavy, 6i}d to 7-|d; heavy (wet and sloppy), s|d to 6d; medium, 6£d to 6|d; light, oifd to Sid; cut cow, s£d to 6^d. Farmers1 lines —Heavy cow, 6d to 6^-d; light, o^d to 6-fd; stags, scl to s|d;-slippy cow,-3-J-d to 5Vd; cut cow, 3fd to SJ-d; yearlings, G^d to 7^d; slippy yearlings, Id to 4^d; cut yearlings, 4Jd to 6d. Horse hides, heavy, 9s Od to lls 6d; medium, 7s 6d to 8s 3d; cut horse, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; flippy, 2s 6d. Calfskins.—First heavy, 9£d to lOd; tight fii-sts, 7d to 9^d; seconds, 6id to B§-d; slippy, 2fd to 6^d; cut, 6H to Sjjd; dry calf, 3d to od each. Tallow. —In casks, best mixed, 27s to ■27b 3d; medium, 25s 3d to 25s 6d; inferior, 22s 6d to 23s 6d. In tins, 24s to 24s 9d. In kegs, best, 26s 3d; medium, 22s per cwt . Horsehair —Is SJ-d per lb. Cow tails —Is od per dozen. Dogskins—j6c! each. My n^xt sale will be held on June 4.