COMMERCIAL

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12490, 17 March 1909, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

Wellington wool and skins "':-} ;•■;; '.sales. ; " Messrs E. Buxton and Co., Limited, repoi-t that at the' skins *and hides sale held at Wellington on Friday last, 12th inst.,. competition was keen, and there was a large numberof buyers present. Prices for sheepskins may be quoted ■oh the average a farthing per lb better than last sale, while hides, although offering was heavier,. realised prices fully equaLto late • rates. We quo to the following prices paid:— Sheepskins. I—Merinos,1 — Merinos, fair condition, oijd to 61'd.j half-breds, good Inegth, 7d to T^d; fine crossbreds, 6sd to 7d^medium and. coarse crossbreds, 6d to 6Jd j'lambs ,fair length, fine, 6d to : 6jd ; ditto, coarse, 5d to s|d; snort aud shorn, 4Jd ? to sd; dead hoggets, 3Jd to 4Jd; shorn skins arid short .vools to 5Jd4 salted and greenskins," 2s 3d to 3s Id each j bare pelts, ■-Id'to'^ld each. . Hides.— Ox, 60' s and over, 6Jd to TJd per lb ; ox, 52 to 581bs, sjd to 6Jd ; ox, 40' to 501bs, sid to o^d per lb j.cow, 15 to 551bs, sid to-51d per lb ; cow -35 to 4ilbs , 5-} dto 53d; cow, 30 to 331bs, 5d to Sid/;' calf, best, 7d to 7*d; calf,, ordinary, "6Jd to 6Jd ; unsound calf, 3d to 5d.;: / "'.'■■■ Tallow.— i?ackages, 17s to 20s 6d per cwt ; casked, 23s to 24s 3d per cwt.