LAMBS’ WOOL IN KEEN DEMAND AT WELLINGTON SALE

Wanganui Chronicle, 20 March 1947, Page 6

LAMBS’ WOOL IN KEEN DEMAND AT WELLINGTON SALE

(P.A.) Wellington, March 19. The following official report on today's Wellington wool sale was issued ,by the Wellington Wool Brokers' Asisociation in conjunction with the New Zealand Wool Buyers' Association and the New Zeaiand Wool Disposal Commission:— Catalogues totalling 37,545 bales ’■were submitted to auction, comprising 34,378 bales of greas.s wool and 3167 bales ot slipe wool. The wool generally opened up in fairly good older but there was a proportion of tender and weather-stained clips. There were representative offerings from Wairarapa. Manawatu. Taihape, Marlborough and Nelson districts. Caving to the postponement of the February sale the offering consisted of a fair percentage of early shorn wools. These opened up in good condition. * There was a full bench of buyers. Competition came mainly from Continental. American and local mill buyers. with Bradford operating. Wellskirted. poor’y got-up fleece wool was neglected, buyers showing little interest in these wools. Well-grown coarse crossbred wool of good style realised good prices. Bellies, pieces and necks met *with verv keen competition. Lambs' wool was in demand, buyers being prepared to pay high prices .or good quality, local mills being prominent In the bidding. The official range of prices is:?-

Seuthdown — Good to super ... — Average — — Inferior — — 26 23 20 to 28 to 251 to 215 Fine Corriedale and Halfbred— Good to super — Z 1 4 to 28? Average — — — 24 to 26* Inferior — — 21 i to 23 Medium Corriedaie and Halfbred— Good to super _ 25 to Average .... ..- 23 to 241 Inferior — — — — 21 to 22* Corriedale and Halfbred— Good to super 24 to 25 Average —- — — — 22 to 23 Fine Crossbred — Good to super*... — — 19 to 22 Average — — 16* to 163 Inferior — — — — 14 to 151 Medium Crossbred — Good to super — 19 to 20 Average .... — — — 16 to 18* Inferior — — 14 to 15i Strong Crossbred— Good to super — 20 to 23 Average — — 184 to 191 Fine Halfbred — Good to super ... to 295 HOGGET Average — — — — 212 to 24s Fine Crossbred Hogget— Good to super ... 20 to 211 Average — — 18 i to 191 Inferior — — — — 16 to 175 Fine Crossbred Hogget (Shorn)— Good to super ... — — 21 i to 23 Average — — r 19 to 215 Inferior — — 161 to 173 Medium Crossbred Hogget Good to super ... — — 195 to 201 Average — — 17 to 181 LAMBS Inferior — — — —. 15 to 16 Halfbred and Down— Good to super — to 30; Average — to 27 Fine Crossbred— Good to super - — to 28 Average - - — 24 to 26 Inferior and seedy ... 15 to 18 Medium Crossbred— Good to super ... 27 to 30 Average — 22 to 25 PIECES Inferior to seedy 15 to 18 Crossbred— Good to super 16 to 17 Average _ 143 to 155 BELLIES Inferior and seedy 11 to 124 Crossbred— Good to super — 13 to 141 Average .... in to 121 CRl'TCHINGS Inferior and seedv .... to 11 Crossbred— Good to super ... 155 to Igl Average — — — — 13 to 14 LOCKS Inferior and seedy 8 to 11 Crossbred .....__ to 83