SHEEPSKIN PRICES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 112, 14 May 1931, Page 9

SHEEPSKIN PRICES

LOWER IN LONDON LONDON, May 8. Offerings at the London sheepskin* sales to-day were 5686, including 127 t from New Zealand, for which there wa* a poor demand. Withdrawals were heavy. Compared with March sales Australian merino combings declined 74 per cent., crossbred combings and cloth ings 10 to 15 per cent. All New Zea land sorts were 15 per cent, down ir price. Wellington brokers held their fort nightly sales of sheepskins on Friday Competition was good at a general de cline of id per lb in dry sheepskins salteds showed very little difference oi last sale’s prices. There was a goot inquiry for hides at a lower value Cow showed a decline of -]d, light am medium ox ;}d to £d, heavy ox won id lower. Yearling and kip were about Ad lower, while calfskins sold from it to Jd below last sale rates. The rangt of prices is as follows: —Dry sheep skins: Halfbrcd 3id to 44d, line cross brods -Id to sd, medium crossbred 2>l< to 4|d, coarse crossbred 3d to 4i<l, hal wools 2d to 4d, quarter wools Jid t< 3.|d, pelts Id to 2’bi. Salted skins Pelts 8d to Is 3d, quarter wools Is t< Is Bd, half wools Is 7d to 2s .lid, three quarter wools 2s 3d to 3s Id, extn largo Is to Is 10d. Hides: Ox 331 b t> 441 b 4}d, ox 45 to 521 b 4j|d to sjd, 53 to 591 b s}d to OJd, ox 60 to 691 b 51d to 7tfd, ox 70lb and over 5Ad to < id. cow 33 tu 3*.Hb, 4jjd to 4sd, cow 4l to 481 b, 4Jd to 411(1, cow 491 b ami Ove 4|d to lid. kip 25 to 321 b 3d to s]d kip .17 to 241 b 3id to Bid, yearling 1 !Io 161 b 6.? d to 7A«I. calf 9 to 101 b 61(1 i ralf 6 to 81b 7«d, calf J to 51b 7Ad t> i Bd. Tallow: In casks 13s 6d to 16* in tins, etc., 9s to 12s. Sundries: Cov (nils 9d per doz, horse hair Bd. Put. tTie nest vinegar in vour rriict SUA RLAND’S \ INFGAK. Absolut) * purity assured. Delightfully piquar. nnd strong. In bottle or oulk.*