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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2515, 17 December 1927, Page 2

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STOCK SALE REPORTS

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Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., and Wright, Stephenson ana Co., Ltd., report as follows on VVednesdav’s Johnson.ville sale: —A full yarding of sheep*, bullocks and lambs came forward to a full attendance of butchers. The sale was keen throughout, all prices being well in advance of til© previous week’s quotations. V> o quote:— .. Bullocks £ll to £l4, cows nad heiress £7 los to £lO 15s, forward cows £3 10s to £4 ss, vealers £1 15s to £4 Is, wethers 26s 3d to 30s 3d, b.f. wethers 27s 5d to 27s 9d, ewes 21s 6d to 24s 6d, lambs 23s 4d to 80s. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., replort having received the following cablegram from their Loudon house dated 13tli inst.: — Wool Sales.—The London sales have closed. Competition fairly animated, attendance moderate, the price is not the highest point of series owing to prolongation of sales to fourth week. As a result of fogs, and spot orders being largely filled, the market is less i animated than earlier in the series. French principal operators for fine, Horn© trade buyers operating freely for suitable merinos and crossbreds. As compared with closing rates of last series:— Scoured merinos, medium to good, par to Id higher; do inferior, lid to 2£d higher, do faulty, lid to 2£d higher; greasy merinos, Id to lid higher; greasy halfbred, lid to 2d higher; greasy crossbred, medium, lid to 2d higher; do coarse, Id to lid hig|her; scoured crossbred, lid to 2jd higher; slipes, lid to' 2d higher; greasy lambs, lid to 2d higher. Offered, 121,000 bales. Continent have bought 57,000 bales. Home trade bought 47,000; America 2000 hales. Carried forward 14,000 bales, of which 3500 bales were not offered. Total sold, 106,500 bales. Merinos— Good to super, 26d to 28£. Low to indium, 21d to 25d. Halfbred, 56/58 — Good to super, 25id to 28d. Low to medium, 21d to 2-lid. Halfbred, 50/56 Good to super, 23d to 25d. Low to medium, 19d to 22d. Fine Crossbred, 48 to 50— Good to super, 19d to 22id. Low to medium, 17d to 18id. Fine Crossbred, 46/48 — Good to super, 18d to 20-id. - Low to medium, 16d to 17id. Crossbred, 44/46 — Good to super, 17d to 19d. Low to medium, 15d to 16idCrossb re d, 40/44 Good to super, IGd to 17d. Low to medium, 14d to loid. Coarse Crossbred, 36/40 — Good to super, 15d to lOd. Medium to good, 13d to 14|d.