GERMANY BUYING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20277, 11 April 1934, Page 11

GERMANY BUYING.

Feature of Final Wool Sale in Dunedin. FINE SORTS SELL WELL. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, April 10. An outstanding feature of the final Dunedin wool sale of the season was the Continental competition, with Germany a strong competitor for both fleece and pieces of half-bred and fine cross-bred qualities. Japanese competition was also in evidence for wools of 50’s qualities and upwards. The offering was 16,277 bales, the greater proportion being cross-bred. Half-bred wools offered were about 30 per cent of .the total offerings. With few exceptions the quality of the line wool was only average, the bulk of the lots being of medium to good wools, and represented late-shorn clips. Throughout the catalogues there were some very showy and lustrous cross-bred wools, which attracted keen competition. There was, however, a greater proportion of average and medium cross-breds showing a lot of condition. There was only a small percentage of merino. Wools of this description on offer were heavy in condition, but sold at prices up to last sale’s rates. Throughout the whole sale bidding was keen, but the most spirited bidding was in evidence when lots of fine fleece and pieces were auctioned. The sale was an exceptional one for fine half-bred hogget, which showed the greatest advance. Prices for this class of wool were above the average advances in other grades. Compared with the last sale held here in March the prices generally showed an advance of a full Id on halfbreds and fine cross-breds. Medium cross-breds improved by id per lb, while coarse cross-breds realised prices equal to March rates. Necks and pieces also sold at higher values, being id to Id dearer. Although prices were not as high in some cases as last sale, this is accounted for by the absence cf super lines. In the figures shown consideration has to be taken into account of the heavier-conditioned wools on offer. The top price realised was 21 »d for 16 bales of first combing half-bred wether, grown by Kane Bros., Beaumont Station, but there were also several lots sold at near this price. Range of Prices. The following is the range of prices, together with that of the third s*ale: April 10. Mar. 6. „ . d. d. d. d.

Merino— a. Average .... 37 to 3 8 A to Interior .... 15 Fine half-bred. 56-58-to 16A 151 16A 21 21:7 20 181 to Inferior .... Med. half-bred. 155 0-56'-to 18 15 to 17 Super 203 197 Average .... 18 Inferior .... Fine cross-bred, lui 48-5( to 17 15 to 16A Super 3 5 h 16:1 Average .... 12* to 15 Inferior .... Med. cross-bred, 11 to 41-46— 12 10 11 Super to 12 115 13 Average .... 10J to 11 A 10 Inferior .... Cross-bred, 44-46 83 to 10 8 i to 93 Super ...... 9* to 11 9 11 Average .... 8 to 9 77 to 87 Inferior .... i>l to 73 64 to 7 Bellies — Half-bred— Good to super m to 15* 11 1 13 ■Si 11 8 lUA Cross-bred— Good to super 81 to in* 8 to 104 Low to med. Locks and pieces oh to 7 h oh to 64 Half-bred— Good to super 17 to 39 16 A to 19* Low to med. 12d 16i 12i lb Cross-bred— Good to super 11 to 335 104 to 131 Low to med. 6 to 10 6 to y Crutchings— Med. to good 8* to 13 8 to 124 Seedy and inf. ii 5 74 Med. to good 81 to 9* 8 to 9* Seedy and inf. 5 to 7 bi to 7