WOOL FIRM.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 71, 21 February 1939, Page 6

WOOL FIRM.

VALUES AT NAPIER. KEEN COMPETITION. Per Press Association. HASTINGS, Feb. 20. Sellers again experienced a firm market at the third wool sale of the season hold at Napier, to-day. An offering of 27,500 bales came before a full and representative bench of buyers. There was keen competition, with Bradford and the Continent operating freely. The majority of the wool was only of average type, many lines being discoloured and showing signs of adverse weather at shearing time. The coarser classes of wool attracted most attention among buyers, and to this type ot wool went the highest price of the day, namely, 14Jd. This was for a line of coarse 44’s. A further line of CC fleece wool, 48’s in quality, realised the next best price, 14|d. The best price that could be obtained for Lincoln wool was 13d. A number of lines reached 12d and 12-Jd for super crossbreds, and fine crossbreds ranged from 10fd to 11 Id, and medium from 9d to IOJd. Some lines of lambs wool were offered, and made from 9d to 12|d, with an average price of 9|d. Hogget wool realised from 9|d to ll|d. There was a steady demand for necks and pieces, and prices ranged from 9d to 10Id, and from 7Jd to 9 ; jd respectively. . .. Throughout the day animated bidding was experienced and the sale remained firm right up to the last lot--4.s can be seen by the following official range of prices,’ little variation was recorded between to-day’s prices and those ruling at the January sale: Januarv. February. d. d. <1- d.

Southdown Southdown Hal fbrcd,56-58— Super Average Inferior Fine crossbred, A .... 10 to 104 B .... 84 to 91, 11 to 12 93 to 103 — to 94 93 to 104 84 to 94 103 to 114 — to 93 50-56- — to 124 — to 124 Average .. 93 to 103 10 to 11 9 to 9i 5 to 93 Medium crossbred, 48-50— Super H to 144 Average 10 to 11 11 to 113 93 to 104 9 to 94 Medium Crossbred, 46-48 Super H to 13 2 Average 9 2 to 10 2 Inferior 85 to 9 2 Low crossbred, 44-46 — 103 to 114 94 to 104 84 to 94 11 to 12 Average Inferior Ixvw crossbred, 94 to 10 84 to 9 44-40— — to 153 — to 144 Average 11 to 12 93 to 104 — to 94 Hoggets — 9i to 114 93 to 11 52-54 48-50 94 to 124 94 to 124 94 to 114 46-48 Lambs — Super Average Inferior Very seedy Necks — Super 93 to 104 103 to 113 ... 54 to 64 10 to 103 94 to 93 9| to 104 11 to 124 94 to 104 7 to 8 54 to 64 — to 104 94 to 93 6| to 84 84 to 9 Inferior Pieces — Average Inferior Bellies — Super Average Inferior Crutchings— Super Average Inferior Very seedy Locks — 73 to 84 63 to 74 7| to 84 64 to 74 74 to 73 63 to 74 6 to 64 83 to 104 73 to 84 54 to 64 — to 34 Ordinary — to 43