EXCITED BIDDING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20067, 26 March 1935, Page 6

EXCITED BIDDING

FINAL NAPIER WOOL SALE SUPER GRADES DEARER By Telegraph—Press Association NAPIER, March 25. The fourth and final wool sale of the season was held to-day with an offering of 20,569 bales. Right from the outset competition was both animated and excited, and passings were few. The bidding appeared to be well spread with Bradford lifting the bulk of the fleece wool and the Continent taking most of the skirtings. The offering for this time of the season was considered very satisfactory, particularly as there was a good deal of early shorn wool at the disposal of buyers. Prices generally were fully firm on the last Napier sale in February, and super wools were perhaps a halfpenny or threefarthings dearer. Skirtings and crutchings were about on a par with last sale. Althoujh there did not appear to be any material change in lambs wool, it was noticeable that second lambs recovered a great deal from the setback experienced at the previous sale.

Official Range of Prices d. d. Southdown — Average 81 to 9* Inferior 7 to 81 » Halfbred, 50-56’s— Average 8i to 93 Inferior 7} to 81 Extra Fine Crossbred. 48-50's— Super 83 to 91 Average 65 to 73 Inferior 51 to 61 Fine Crossbred. 46-48’s— Super 63 to 73 Average 51 to 6i Inferior 41 to 51 Medium Crossbred. 44-46's— Super 55 to 61 Average 41 to 51 Inferior 4 to 41 Low Crossbred, 36-40‘s— Average to 41 Average to 43 Hoggets— 50-56's 81 to 91 50-54’s 71 to 9 48-60’s 7 to 9 46-48’s 6 to 71 Lambs— 48-50’s 6 to 91 46-50’s 51 to 7 Seedy and inferior .. 21 to 5 Necks— Super 53 to 63 Average 41 to 51 Inferior to 5 Pieces— Super 51 to 61 Average 4 to 5 Inferior 3 to 4 Bellies— Super 4 to 43 Average 3 to 33 Inferior 23 to 31 Crutchings— Good to super 5 to 6 Average 33 to 41 Seedy and inferior .. 3 to 31 Locks— Crossbred 21 to 31 One line of super hogget wool made iOd per lb.