THE GOLDEN FLEECE

Northern Advocate, 4 February 1928, Page 11

THE GOLDEN FLEECE

SOUTHERN SALES. ANIMATED BIDDING. HALFBRED REALISES 27k1. TIMARU, This Day. At the ' second wool sale' of the season, held here last 'bight, a cata u logue of 19,124 bales was submitted as compared with, 17,177 at the corresponding sale last year. The bidding was very animated, and there were very few passings. The wool was heavier in condition than at the first sale, the hot, dry weather having* brought up the yolk. Prices were up 2d a pound, compared with the first Timaru sale, the top price obtained to the hours at which the telegraph office closed being 27d for super halfbrcd. The sale is considered equal to that in Dunedin this week. There is a full bench of buyers, representing all the wool consuming countries in the world. Following is the range of prices:—

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Merino — * d d Extra super .. 24 to 254 Super . . 2:5 to 25 Average .. 21 to 22 Inferior .. 18 to 204 Fine Halfbrecl— Extra super .... . . 2(5 fo 27 Super to 254 Average 22 to 23 Inferior .. 20 to 22 Coarse balfbred — Super . . 204 to 214 Average .. 19 to 194 Inferior .. 17 to 18 Fine' crossbred — Super .. 21 to 224 Average to 194 Inferior .. 1(5 to 174 Medium crossbred— Super to 194 Average to 174 Inferior .. 15 to K) Coarse crossbred — Super* .. 17 to 18 Average .. 154 to I64 Inferior ' .. 14 to 15 BELLIES AND PIECES. Merino— Good to super ... to 23;1 Low to' medium . . 16 to 20 Halfbred— Good to super .... .. 19 to 22 Low to medium . . 1(5 to 184 Crossbred — Good to super ... .. 17 to 19 Low to medium . . 11 to 1(54 —Press Assn.