HIDE AND SKIN REPORTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 217, 12 September 1908, Page 5

HIDE AND SKIN REPORTS.

Dal^ety and Company, Ltd., held their "fortnightly sale of wool, skins, hides and tallow on Friday, 11th instant, when a large catalogue ot all classes was submitted to a good attendance of buyers. :.,'-. Wool: There was spirited competition and prices advanced by about *d per lb, crossbred lambs selling at irom lid to s*d; crossbred fleece sid; inferior 2}d; crossbred enrajhings S|d to 3Ad; interior 2d_to ,2|d; crossbred locks and, pieces l*d to l-|d. , Sheepskins: Advanced by about id per lb. Fine crossbred realised s|d to 6d; crossbred 4d to sid; halfbred 4d to s*d; crossbred shorts dd to 4d: crossbred dead and broken 2fd to 4d; crossbred hoggets sd; crossbred lambs 4id to 6Jdj inferior 3icl. to 3|d; shorn lambs 3§d-; lambs' dead and broken 3Jd' to 4d; -merino. 33d; pelts 2id; inferior \d; crossbred salted 2s 9d to 3s lid; crossbred damp 2s 8d to 3s 6d.. -, x 1 '*■■•■ Hides: No prime lots offering. Prices were on a par ; with last sale rates excepting calf. ■ which, showed; considerable improvement. Us, 7d lbs sfd; (34 to 65 lbs, 5d to aid; 53 lbs to 55 lbs , sd; 43> 44 lbs,. 4|d; cut,'4l lbs, 3gd. Cow, 53 to 56 lbs, 4id to 4|d; 42 to 43 lbs, 4|d to 4±d; cut, 40 to 43 lbs,'3id;to <J*d: 33 to. 35 lbs, 3id to 3|d. Heifer, 31 lbs, 4*d; cut, 30 and 31 lbs, Ud to 3fd. Steer, 30 lbs, 4d. Bull, 75 t0..80 lbs 3d to 3jd-; 53 lbs, 3id. Yearling 22 lbsi 4Ad; slippy, 20 lbs, W Calf, 6 lbs, 6|d to 7d; 4 lbs, 6|d- 12 lbs, sd; cut, 10 lbs, 4^d; cut 7 lbs, 4Jd; cut, 5 lbs, 31d. . Tallow: In shipping order, £23 5s to £24 per ton; casks, £22 5s to £23 5s per ton; tins, 21s 6d to 23s 6d per cwt. Wellington, Sept. 11.

Levin and Co., Ltd.,1 report as follows:—We held our fortnightly sale to-day, offering 20 bales wpol, 2600 skins, 835 hides, and a quantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool: The maiket remains-steady at last sale rates. We quote—Medium crossbred 4d; to ,s|d: y: inferior 2d to 4'd; lambs' wool 4<fcto sd ; pieces and- locks M to 2d; good crutchings 3£d to 3|d; medium crutchings 2fd to 3-Jd; seedy and inferior lid to 2|d. Skins: There v/as good competition. Fine t«kins advanced one halfpenny and crossbred t one farthing. Green skins advanced* threepence We quote—Fine erossbreds 5d to 6jd; crossbred 4d to sd; dead skins 2d to 3£d; dead hoggets 2d to,3id; dry pelts Id to 3d;! lambs' ,skins 3d to Ud; green skins 2s 6d to 4s 7d. Tallow : Firm. Parcels in shipping order £23; tins £18 to -£21 10s; rough fat £10 to £13. v Horsehair: Is. to Is 3d'per lb. 'Horns. 5s to 1.7s 6d per hundred. Cowtails, Is 4d to Is 8d per dozen. Hides: We broughtl forward a large catalogue of hides in good condition, which' m6t with excellent competition at full prices. We quote— Ox hides, heavy (3d to 6|-d, -medium 6Jd to s|d, light 4d to 4-|d; cow hides Id to 4*d; cut and slippy hidtes 2d to 3*d; stag hides 2M to 3d; bull hides 2d to 3d; calf best 4d to 6^d; calf, cut and slippy 2d to 3d. Wellington, Sept. 11.