GOOD CLEARANCE AT WANGANUI WOOL SALE

Northern Advocate, 31 March 1938, Page 13

GOOD CLEARANCE AT WANGANUI WOOL SALE

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if Per Press Association. — Copyright.) j WANGANUI, This Day. | At least 95 per cent, of the offering j at the Wanganui wool sale yesterday j was disposed of under the hammer. | Prices were generally on a par ! with the Auckland sale last week, j Average crossbred fleecy wool showed I an advance from Id to lid, compared I with last month’s Wanganui sale, j The rise was not noticeable in the j finer grades of wool. ’ Twenty-two j thousand bales wore offered at auction. I Japan was back in. the market, and I took a prominent part in the buying. (Beth Bradford and Jlhe Continent I bought freely. i Good lambs’ wool sold well, but short I and inferior sorts were erratic, and. showed a marked decline on the previous sale. Passings were few. The official range of prices was;—

d. d. Fine halfbred, 56-58— Super — to 12.7 I Average 11 to 121 { Inferior 10 to 107 | Medium halfbred, 50-56— ! Super — to 121 | Average 10.’ to 111 i Inferior 9.! to 10 | Extra fine crossbred, 48-50-1 Super ill to 121 j Average 9a to 11 i Inferior 8:] to 91 Fine Crossbred, 46-48— Super 11 to 12 Average 91 to 101 Inferior 81 to 91 Medium crossbred, 44-46— Average 91 to 11 Inferior 71to 81 Coarse crossbred, 40-44— Super 11 to 111 Average 91 to 101 Inferior 7 to 91 Low crossbred, 36-40— Super — to 13,7 Average 9 to 11 Hoggets— ' •Fine, 48-50 101 to 12 Fine, 46-48 9 to 101Lambs— Down, 50-56 9 to m Fine. 44-50 81 to 13 Seedy and inferior .... 41 to 71 Bellies* and Pieces: Halfbred — Good to super 7.1 to 10 Low to medium 7:1 to 8? Crossbreds— Good to super 71 to i 10 i Low to medium 5 to 7 Medium to good 7 to 8 Crutchings— Inferior and seedy .... 5 to 61 Locks— Crossbred 4 to 51