WOOL SALES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3445, 19 March 1932, Page 8

WOOL SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house dated 16th inst.:— The wool sales closed active with brisk competition. Home trade principal operators, improved Continental buying during the last few days, especially Germany. As compared with closing rates of last series:— Greasy merino id to id lower; scoured merino, par to §d lower; greasy half bred, 2d to lid lower; greasy crossbred, fine, Id to li lower; greasy crossbred, medium and coarse, id to id lower; scoured crossbred, id to Id lower; slipe, par to id lower; lambs, greasy, unchanged. Offered, 112,000 bales. Home trade have bought 48,500 bales, Continent 44,000 bales. Carried over: 28,000 bales Australia, 52,000 bales New Zealand, 5000 bales Cape, of which 67,500 bales not offered. Total number of bales sold, 92,500. Halfbred, 56/58 Good to super, lid to 12d. Low to medium, 8d to lOld. Halfbred, 50/56 Good to super, 9d to 10id. Low to medium, 6ld to B£d. Fine Crossbred, 48/50 — Good to super, 6ld to Bd. Low to medium, 55d to 6id. Fine Crossbred, 46/48 — Good to super, 6id to 6|d. Low to medium, 4|d to 6d. Crossbred, 44/46 — Good to super, 53d to 6|d. Low to medium, 4id to s£d. Crossbred, 40/44 — Good to super, sld to 6d. Low to medium, 4d to 51d. Coarse Crossbred, 36/40 — Good to super, 54d to s!d. Low to medium, 4|d to sd.