WOOL SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1834, 14 January 1887, Page 19

WOOL SALES.

iNVSRCARaiLL, January 12. The wool aales to-day went fairly well. About 2500 bab b out of 3000 were sold. The bidding was not very brisk, although Northern buyers expressed the opinion that prices ruled too high. Light-con-ditioned medium to fine halfbred sold a*- BJd to 9jjd ; good strong cossbred, 7^d to 9A ; inferior ami heavy do, »<§d to 7-^<i ; merino, inferior heavy, sjd ; well grown light, Bgd.

(From Ora Own Correspondent.) Christchurch, January 11. At the Christchurch wool bales nearly 3000 ba>e» of wool wero dialogued for *ale to-day of wh-ch the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency C mpan> offereil jsoh biles lliere was a larg^ attendance ot buyers, aud, with good comp tition, about two thirds of the quantity • ffered found buyers ; while the prices t.id for thu bala .cc were so near owners' reserves as to almost certainly lead to further sales Prices were better than at th« hist sal s three w«-ek-ago. Oreasy merino and fialfbred, good, brought Hj.: to Vijd; middling, 7d to 8d; grea y three-quartet-ijreii, good. 8d toß*d; middling, 7d to 7jd; greasj long wo.J, 6d to 8d ; scoured merino, good, brought Is 4u ; and haltbred, good. Is 3§d.