WOOL APPRAISAL COMPLETED

Southland Times, Issue 25548, 16 December 1944, Page 4

WOOL APPRAISAL COMPLETED

Some Choice Hogget Lines OFFICIAL RANGE OF PRICES The second wool appraisal of the 1944/45 season at Invercargill was completed yesterday afternoon, 13,413 bales being submitted. A large percentage of' the catalogue comprised hogget fleece and dry ewe and wether wool. Last year at this appraisal 16,098 bales were offered, the drop being caused by the broken weather. A feature of the catalogue was the splendid offering of choice hogget wools, particularly lines from the Eastern District. The buyers commented very favourably on the offering generally. The favourable winter was responsible for the good length and strength of staple. Against this, however, it was noticeable that a number of lines showed tick stain and dustiness. A number of farmers seem to be careless with skirting. Unskirted and badly skirted wools drop in value, which forces the appraisers to reduce the price to a lower grade. The official range of prices is as fol-

The following were the individual firms’ offerings: Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. 3,600 National Mortgage and Agency Co., of N.Z., Ltd., 2,847 Southland Farmers Co-op. Assn., Ltd., 2,411 Dalgety and Co., Ltd., 1,137 J. G. Ward and Co., Ltd., 1,128 J. E. Watson and Co., Ltd., 698 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., 631 J. R. Mills and Son, Ltd., 543 Henderson and Co., Ltd., 418 TOTAL 13,413 APPRAISEMENT IN CHRISTCHURCH Average Price Of 1/3.020 Per Lb (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 15. At the second wool appraisement of the season in Christchurch 21,507 bales were offered. The net weight was 6,674,3791 b and the value £417,727/12/8. The average price per bale was £l9/8/5 .488 and the average price per lb 1/3.020.

lows: Hoggetd. d. Super Fine Crossbred 17J to 201 Fine Crossbred 161 to 18 Average Crossbred 14 to 161 Halfbred— Average 161 to 17| Inferior 141 to 16 Extra Fine Crossbred, 48/50Super 161 to 171 Average 151 to 16 Inferior 14 to 15 Fine Crossbred, 46/48 — Super 16 to 162 Average 14J to 152 Inferior 13 to 14 Medium Crossbred, 44/46 — Super 141 to 151 Average 13 to 141 Inferior 11 to 122 Necks— Halfbred 14J to 15 Fine Crossbred 12 to 141 Pieces— Fine Crossbred 12 t 0 121 Crossbred 10 to 12 Bellies— Halfbred 11 to 112 Crossbred 91 to 11