WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13299, 7 February 1914, Page 7

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

(Per .Press Association.) WELLINGTON. ' last night. At the third wool sale held this season there was anooffering of 21,000 bales. Competition was very keen lor all lots offered, Continental buyers being especially keen in-their demand tor the rough and heavy condition crosstoreds, whilst Bradford .kept the former buyers right up to the,:mark. Prices fbr all coarse wools and tlie rougher lots of medium wool ruled at id to Jd per lb advance of last sales' rates, whilst the bright finer woolsY didn't show any material advance. Lambs' wool was m very strong demand, and '^ l?est lots ruled up to lifd per lb. Pieces and bellies were heavier m condition,;.: and therefore didn't participate m the appreciation of values. Following is the range of prices compared with those ruling at the sale on January 21:— Merino super (January nil), February 12Jd; merino, (9id to lO.d), 9_d to 10id; halfbred super (— ), lid to lljd; halfbred medium (9Jd . to 10Jd), Did to lid; crossbred super (iod to 10 Jd), ldid to Hid; crossbred medium (9d to lOJct), 9_d to lojd; crossbred coarse (B_d to 9_d), BJd to lOd; crosbred inferior (73d to BJd), 8d to 91d; pieces and bellies (s_d to 7jd), 61dto BJd; halfbred pieces and bellies (6id to 81d), Gid to Ff d; locks (3Jd to 5Jd), 4d to 5Jd; lambs, good to super (10Jd to 113 d), lid to 12Jd; lambs* medium (9d to 10Jd), 9Jd to'lO.d; lambs* inferior (8d to B*d), 4Jd to 81d. (Special te Herald.) Napier, this day. Messrs Dalgety and Co. • have received the following cable from their London house:— The demand for New Zealand ; beef is limited. The market steady. Prime OH hindquarters are at 4Jd per lb. The demand for New Zealand lamb Is poor. The market is weak,.-_aeHooks like going lower. Prime crossbred lamb, North Island, heavy 6d per lb, light 6Jd to 6Jd per lb. The demand for New Zealand mutton is weak, and looks like going lower. Prime crossbred mutton, North Island, heavy /_jtf per lb, light 4Jd. The demand, for Australian lamb is good. Good average quality crossbred-' lamb, heavy sd, light s|dv' Australian prime crossbred mutton, heavy 3«d, light id. '. Prices for ■ merino ..sheepskins compared With last sales are fjd higher; crossbred lid to id higher. The adwncc ih prices is more pronounced 'for 'crossbred coarse and medium. ' — ■ -.. '•'• .==__-___s_a_-s_BE_£--..