WOOL, SKIN AND HIDE SALE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 13 September 1921, Page 3

WOOL, SKIN AND HIDE SALE

fars Mumy, Roberts and Co., Ltd Wellington, report: We offered on Jjnday a catalogue of 600 sheenskim and 14Q0 hides and calfskins the attendance of buyers being good AAcepskins elicited very liltlewnfpotil tion, and most lines were withdrawn, prices being considerably below owners' ideas of value. For hides, on the other hand there was keen competition at hardening prices compared with last sale. Light-weight ox and cow hides were fuJly a halfpenny dearer medium cow and ox par to a slight advance, and heavy ox advanced fully a halfpenny. Yearlings and kip maintained last sale's level, but calfskins were easier by l*d to 2d per lb. There was good competition for tallow at an advance of about 4s to 6s per cwt } »J UOO prices cul'rent at the sale

Sheepskins—Hair-bred 2Jd to 3d fine crossbred 2id to 2jd, medium to coarse crossbred Ud to 2d, ihirt to half woo Md to 13d, lambs 13d to 3d, dead nnd damaged orossbre<l $d to Id inferior and badly damaged ?d to ft* d *« lsi d, am P' sal^ d a»d grin 18 Jd to 2s 7d, lambs (salted) Is 4d. ' H! des-O* (heavy) 13jd to 15Jd, medium 4)d to 9d, light 5Jd to efi cut, slippy and inferior 2d to lO^d to 6Jd light 4H to Bd, cut, slippy, and .inferior Id to 43d/bull'stag Id ? d \ yearhngs 3fd to md, calf (BiilOid to 16|d, damaged Id to ll*d tinret7i3s CS k22 S 21S Mto * pc? UdlenVd H°rSe 18^ COW tails

I Afcissrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd Weilineton, report: We held our usua fortnightly S al e of sheepskins, hidel m.tted a fair catalogue of all classes to an average attendance of buyers Dry skins were in poor demand, and the majontv of the catalogues were lots f ai ]ed to elicit a bid. Sound ox of heavy substance sold well at last sale's rates. Calfskins and yearlings were a little easier. Tallow was "S? firm ,and showed an advance of 3s to 4S per cwt.

„. {Prices same as above.] t^Zl i iU Ltd V, *? port: Tl"s U8«al W?™ h6A 0n Fnday> i? hGn «>* attendance of buyers was fair. Sheepskins were m small demand, and many lots were passed in. Heavy and ml dium ox and cow hides were eaeerlv competed for at from |d to fdXve hist sale, whilst extra stout heavy J 6 J?. c/ lb Wdier.- Light and damaged hides were about the same as previous sale. Oalftkina were lower by ■Sf?T ldJP er lbl ,Tallow' ?n sympathy mth London mariet, was higher by about £4 per ton. ■ J [Prices same as above.]