WELLINGTON WOOL, SKIN, HIDES AND TALLOW SALES.
WELLINGTON, Dec. 13
. Messrs iLevin and Go. Teport \j— We held our fortnightly sale to-day, when we offered 2200 sheep skins, 350 hides and calf skins, and \d quantity of tallow iand horsehair. . .Wool—Sold at last quotations. Skins—The market remained very firm, with keen competition. We quote: Halfbreds and fine crossbreds B|d to 9d, medium and coarse BJd to 83d, quarter to half-wools sd)to 71d,-dead skms s^d to 7^d, lamb skins 6d to 7d, green skins 6s 9d to 9s, green pelts 2s 7d, salted lamibs 26 sd.
Tallow firm. Parcels jn shipping order £28 10s. Tins "£2O to £06 103. Rough fat £19. Horsehair.—ls to Is 10^d per lib. Horns, 5s to 21s per hundred. Tails, Is Sijfd per doz. Hides.—tOx hides 'remained very firm, except, heavies, which advanced a farthing. Cow hides showed an ladmnce all round, while beet calfskins fell away to the extent of a penny-halfpenny per lb.', We quote: Ox hides heavy 8 7-8 d to 9 3-Bd, ditto medium B£d to 9d, ditto light 8d to B|d, cow hides 7id to 8 7-Bd, cut and slippy 'hides 6d to Bd, stag and bull hides s*d to 6£d, yearlings 7*d to 10 7-Bd, oalf best 12d to 13id, calf medium lOd to 12d, caif cut 'and slippy 6d to 10& d, horse hides heavy 8s 6d to 12s 6d, ditto light 5s to 9d. Our next sale will be held on the 27th inst. Tho New Zealand Loan and 'Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., -and Reduced, j report as follows: — Our fortnightly sale was well attended by (buyers te-day. The large offering's met ready sale at. prices fully"equal to 1-ast sales rates. Hides and calf skins continue .to moot with a keen demand, and prices arc slightly higher for hides. As usual at this time of the year, only odd packages and ibag I'ote of wool were offered. We quote:— Wool (in bags)—' Crossbred Od .to lOd per I'bjdead B£d to 9d, -bellies iand -pieces 7d to 7Ad, locks and pieces 4£d to 5JdSheep skins.—Ha If bred and fine B^d to Bd, crossbredl medium BJd te B£d, ditto coarse 8d to BJd, short wools 5d to 6Jd, damaged and dead 4.^d to 7d, damp skins 6s to 9s 2d, green ipolts Is 9d to 2s 3d. Hides. —Heavy ox B^d to 9d, medium ox 8d to B£d, light ox B_d to 8 l-Bd, cow 8d to B£d, diamiaged hides 7d to 7£d, ca>lf firsts 12s to 14d, calf seconds 9d to IOJd, calf damaged s^d to 9d. Tallow in shipping order 27s 6d to 28s Cd p&r cwt, in odd packages 26s to 26s 9d. Fat in tins 25s to 265. Oowtaiis Is 6d to Is 9d p&r doz. Da-lgety and Co., Ltd., Ba-knerston North, report having held their .usroal weekly salo at Feilding on jjraday, the 13th, when there, was ia fair entry of ! slieop and cattle, which met with a : ready sale and sold as follows: — $ ' Sheep.—2-tooth wethers 13s 6d * to j 14s 4d, 2-*ooth ewes 13s lid to 14s 4d,' mixed 2-toothfi lls 6d to 14s 3d, store owes lls 9d, fat ewes 15s 6d. * Oattle, — 2 year steers £4 to £5 Is, I 3 year sfteers £6 10s, store- oows £3 15s to £4 in, oenrs in calf £3 15a to £o.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 16 December 1912, Page 2
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557WELLINGTON WOOL, SKIN, HIDES AND TALLOW SALES. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 16 December 1912, Page 2
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