WOOL SALE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue LX, 19 December 1913, Page 3

WOOL SALE.

The first .wool sale of the Dunedin series was held on Monday, when 4722 bales were submitted. There was a large gathering of British, Continental and. American as well as local buyers. At last year's sale 8720 bales were offered. - The shortage this year is due to the unfavourable weather. Compared with last year prices were — 1912 1913. Merino. -d•; d d • d Medium to good 10 to Inferior 8£ to 9£ 7J to 9 Halfbred. Super 13 to 14f 11J to 12JMedium to good 10& to 12£ 10 to 11 Inferior 9 to 10 8 to 9 J Crossbred. Super 12 to 13£ 10 to 10i Medium too good 9J to 11J 8f to 9| Inferior . 8J to 9 7J to 8 Pieces. Super 101, to 12£ 9i to 11 Medium to good 'B£to 10 to B£, Inferior to 8 5 t3 6" Locks 4 to 7 3 to 4| Half bred and crossbred showed a drop of 2d to 3d in suoer wools, which was. due almost entirely to the absence of American demand. Good to medium halfbred and crossbred showed a drop of Id to lgd and inferior Id to ljd It was the biddiDg of the Continental buyers that maintained prices. Among the sales were Mr James Hore (Kyuburn), three bales first halfbred wether ll jd, five bales first halfbred ewe lOgd; Mr F. A. Haig (Cambrians), ten bales fine crossbred hogget, 9|d; Mr R. R.. Hore (Kyeburn), quarterbred ewe and hogget lljd, ten bales halfbred ewe lOd, four bales hog get 9Jd,'five bales crossbred ewe and hogget'9d, five bales pieces and hellies 7|d; Mr R. Wilson (Gimmerburn), eight bales halfbred. ewe lOfd; Mr J. B. Coram (Waipiata), halfbred Hid; Mr P. L. Black (Gimmerburn), fine crossbred lOJd; Messrs Carey Bros (Kokoiiga), crossbred 9|d; Mr F. M'Carthy (Wedderburn), crossbred 9 l-2d; Mr P. Black (Gimmerburn), crossbred 9d.