MASTERTON WOOL, SKIN AND HIDE SALES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8996, 5 December 1907, Page 7

MASTERTON WOOL, SKIN AND HIDE SALES.

Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., re•pout.ds follows:—We held our monthly sale of wool, skins, hides and tal,low yesterday, when we offered 44 bales of wool, 100 bags of wool, 2,800 sheepskins, 600 hides and calfskins, •and a quantity of tallow, horsehair .and rabbitskins. There was a good attendance of buyers and competition was keen at full market rates. We quote the following prices:— \\ 00l Crossbred 7d to Bd, dead 7Jd to 7fd, bellies and ujeces sfd to 6Jd, locks .21d to 3id,-*crutchings, 3|d to 4|d. Sheepskh s —Fine crossbred 7£d, medium crossbred 6i.d to 7d, seedy icrossbred s|d, half wools sfd, dead s£d.to 6d, lambs 4£d, green crossbred to 6s each, green pelts to Is 6d. Hides—Market was weak in sympathy with Australia, and this, taken into consideration with toe fact that the bulk of the hides offering were generally of a very inferior quality, made prices lov\. Until hides are marketed in good condition, vendors must be prepared to accept a small figure for hides, and we would again impress on them the necessity _ of ■care,being taken in this Prices realised were:—Ox. sound 3Jd per,lb.; ox, cut and slippy 2£d to Shd; •cow, sound 3§d, cow, cut and slippy 25d..t0.23d, calf, sound to.6d; calf, cut and slippy 3gd tn 4Jd. A perusal of the above prices will show that a serious loss is entailed en vendors through carelessness in regard to saving hides and calfskins. Tallow—ln casks .22s 9d per cwt.; in barrels and tins 19s 9d to 20s 9d, raugh fat in bags, ,4s 6d. Horsehair—ls 3Jd per lb. Our next sale will be held on January 15th, 1908. The W.airarapa Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association. Ltd , in conjunction with Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our monthly sale of wool, skins and hides, yesterday, when we offered 25 bales wogi!, 60 bags wool, 1,900 sheepskins and .600 hides. There was a good attendance of buyers, and bidding was keen, although it was in sympathy with the present market rates. We quote: Wool-Fleece 7d to BJd, fleece, seedy 52ffj. to fid, cmtchings 4d to 4ld, crutifhings, seedy 2Jd to 3kl, dead woof 6£d to 7i?d, pieces 3f d, locks Id to 2h± Skins—Crossbred r>|d to Gld. crossbred, short sd, crossbred, seedy 6d to 6£d, crossbred, broken 4d to sd, crossbred, dead s&d to (>d, dead, broken and seedy 3Jd to 4d, hoggets s£d, hoggets, seedy 4|d to 4f cl~ close wool 61d to 7|d, close wool, seedy 6d to 7d, pelts 3&d to 4d, muddy Is 6d to Is Sd each, lambs 4gd to sd, crossbred, damp, good 6s 2d each. Hides—Cow, heavy 3gd to 4d, cow, medium 3id to 3£d, cow, 3|d to 4|d, cow, slippy Id to 3Ji, cow, slippy and muddy 3d to 3|d, cow, cut 3|d, cow, part dry 3|d to Sid, cow, dry 2£d to 3|d, ox, cut 2j|d. ox, slippy 3d, yearling 3Jd to 3gd, yearling, dry 2|d. calf, good 3Jd to 5Jd, calf, slippy 2j}d to 3d, calf, cut 3Jd to 4Jd, calf, cut and slippy 2Jd to 2|d. Clients are reminded that our next sale will be held on Wednesday, January 15th, 1908.