COARSER SORTS DEARER

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18974, 26 March 1936, Page 11

COARSER SORTS DEARER

AUCKLAND WOOL SALE A RECORD OFFERING \)a PER OENT CLEARANCE (Tor Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. A local record of 32,4£iJ hales was offered at the final Auckland wool sale to-day. fully 95 per cent, being sold. The average price per lb. is estimated at approximately b„d, giving a bale value of just over £l'&. The total cheque will be about &570.CC0, the highest at a third Auckland sale for a number of years. Finer wools showed a slight easing 011 southern values, and coarser sorts were up to id cheaper than at recent On tin- oilier hand, compared with the Auckland January fixture, prices were, fully /,(! belter ail round with the exception of Sont hdown. which Were distinctly easier. The top price was 154 d, for 13 bales of Corricdale. Competition was keen and widespread. The range of prices at the sale was as follows, the .January prices being shown in parentheses for the purposes of comparison : Southdown.- A. to ISjil (13Jd to 143(1); JL lOd to Ilalf'ured. 56/58.—Super. 13Jd to 14|d (15d to I6d): average, lid to I2|d (13d to 14.1.; inferior, bU\ to lid flOd to 12.1). Ilulfbred. 50/56.- -Super. 12J,,l to 14,1 (124.1 to 14,1) ; average, lid to 124 d (lid to 12(1) ; inferior. 9d to \(YU\ (9.1 to lOAd).

Kxtra line crossbred. 48/50.— Super, 10;;d to 11 el (104 dlo Hid); average, 9d to 10J.il (84d to lOd); inferior, to B|d (74d to B.LII. Line crossbred, 46/48.— Super, 94d to 104 d (94d to 104.1); average. Bid to Old (8d to 9d); inferior. 7d to BJd (7d lo 7,b:l j. .Medium crossbred, 44/46.—Super, 84(1

'<> 9d (84d to 9.1) ; average, 8d to BJJd (7id to 8[d): inferior, 7d to 8d (7d to 7JUI).

Coarse crossbred, 40/44 Super, B|B to 838 (Bcl to 848): average, 8.1 <1 to 8|«1 (748 to 88); inferior, 68 to (6d to 74d). Crossbred, 36/40. —Super, 848 to 848) ; average, 7,id to 8/8 (7/8 to 848); inferior, OUI to 7/d (648 to 7,1 cl). Hoggets.- —Super, 148 to 168; halfbred,'llß to 148 ( 118 to 1348); extra fine, 88 to to 9JB (78 to 98); medium, 78 to 848 (78 to 848' Lambs.---Super, 56/58, to Down. 50/56. 048 to 118 (1048 to 1138); fine. 46/50. 98 to .1148 (98 to medium. 1 44/46, 88 to 948 (88 to 98); seedy and inferior, 4.)8 to 7)8 (438 to 6)8). Bellies anil pieces.—Crossbred, good (o super, 78 to 88 (78 to 88): low to medium, 448 to 648 (4/,8 to 68); halfbred bellies and pieces, 88 t-o S4B (88 to 948). Crutebings.—Medium to good, 648 to 818 (648 to 88) : inferior to seedy, 348 to 648 (348 to 68). Locks.- Crossbred, 31,8 to 5,(8 (318 to 548). LONDON WOOL SALES The Gisborne Shcepfarmers’ Frozen .Meat- and .Mercantile Company have reeeiv 08 the. following cabled advice from London: —“At the close of the London March wool series prices, compared with the closing rates of last series, improved as under :.Merinos, greasy super, 5 to 10 per cent, average, 5 to 10 per cent, inferior, 5 to 74 per cent,; scoured merino, super 7j to 10 per cent, average 74 per cent, inferior ?4 to 10 per cent : crossbreds, greasy superior par to 6 per cent, average par, interior o pel cent-; scoured crossbred, super 5 to 74 per cent, average 7£ to 10 per cent-, inferior 74 to 10 per cent,; slipes, super 5 to 10 per cent, average 74 to 10 per cent, inferior 10 per cent, Closing values/ were: Merinos, greasy super, 208 to 2348, average 1518 to 194-1, inferior lid to 158; scoured merino, super 26jd to 318. average 228 to 268, inferior 17/1 to 2D.8; greasy crossbreds, super, 1548 to 188. average 918 to 1148. inferior, 84. to 108: scoured crossbred, super 218 to 2:>48, average 1548 to 188, inferior 1048 to 1348; slipes, super 168 to 1J“. average 13‘8 to 168. inferior 1148 to 14,'d. The total sold was 75.C00 Bales, the home trade taking 41.C00. the, Conlinent 31,000, and America 3000. In alt, T7.CKXJ bales were carried forward.’ The Rank of New Zealand advises receipt of the following cabled message from London dated March 24 : Ibe sales closed firm for all wools. Ibe market was irregular for medium crossbreds. but very strong for coarse crossbreds. Quotations for greasy, good average condition New Zealand wool aie 11s follow: —Merinos, super, 60,64’5, 1718 to 1818 : ordinary, 60/64's, 158 to 168; inferior. 60/64’s, 1.248 'to 138 ; hnlfbreds. 56/58’s 148 to 158. 56’s 138 to 1348, 50,56’s 1048 to 1148; crossbreds, 50 s 938 to 10. L 48/50’s 838 to 98, 46/48 s Bid to 848. 44/64’s 8/8 to Bgd. 40,44 V 848 to The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cable message from London dated March 25: “The sales closed firmly to-day. As compared with last sales”* closing rates, prices are higher by 48 to 18 per lb. for greasy merino interior, merino lambs, and fine greasy crossbred; higher by l-£8 to 28 per lb. for greasy merino super, and scoured merino medium : higher by jd_ per lb. for coarse greasy crossbred; higher by 18 per lb. for crossbred slipe am scoured crossbred; higher by 18 to 14“ per lb. for greasy merino medium, and coarse crossbred ; higher by 148 per lb. for roniso orosshroil soourotl, jukl inorino inferior: liigher by 28 to 248 per lb. IVir scoured merino super; about, the same for merino greasy crossbred. Ttiore. was keen general competition, all sections operating.”

Melbourne sales included : Commercial Rank of Australia, 90s 6d; Howard Smith, 16s 9d ; Hoyts, 15 prof., 13s <kl ; (!. J. Coles, 71s 6d : Kmperor, lls lid; l.nloma. 17s ; Mount Lyeil, 2ds l id.