ORDINARY AND INFERIOR WOOL SELLS WELL AT CHRISTCHURCH SALE

Wanganui Chronicle, 15 December 1949, Page 6

ORDINARY AND INFERIOR WOOL SELLS WELL AT CHRISTCHURCH SALE

I CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night (PA) | —The first Christchurch wool sale oi I the season was held today when catalogues to: ailing 31,500 bales were su. - I muted on growers' account to a full j bench of buyers, 'ihe official report jsays the wool opened up in good coni dition, being generally sound and well jgrown, but owing to the exceptionally :dry autumn and winter most of the clip:, were carrying some dust and the !proportion of really showy clips was smaller than usual for this sale. A large percentage of the offerings was over 50’s quality and, as usual at this sale, there was a big offering 0.. hogget wools. Some very good merino clips were included, the bulk of which were from the Marlborough district. Competition was slow bat keen and fairly well spread. The offering was suitable for Continental interests and the bulk of the line fleece wool and pieces went to their bids. America was in the market for specialty wools and Bradford took a good weight of the stronger types. As this was the first line wool saie of the season, comparison with previous sales is not possible, but crossbreds generally were fully up to the level of recent North Island sales. The best fine halfbreds and merinos were hardly up to last season’s best rates, especially for hogget types, but ordinary and inferior grades were selling particularly well at very satisfactory prices and showed a definite advance. All classes of piece wools met with excellent competition and at limes brought nearly as much as corresponding fleeces. Owing to the large offering the tale was not completed till a Late hour, but practically the whole offering was cleared at auction. The next sale is fixed for February 18 and ihe catalogues for this fixture are already filled. Wools are now coming to hand for the third sale on March 31. Following is the official range ot prices:—

Merino, 60/64’s —- to 74 to 68 to 62 to 59 to 45 Extra super Good to super , . Good Average Inferior 63 60 ..... 54 .... 361 Southdown, 58/60’s— Extra super 51 to 5c< Good to super 49 to 50. Good 46 to 4S Average 421 to 45 Inferior 37 to 40 Ex Fine Corr, and 1-bred, 58/60's — Extra super ..... 61 to 66 Good to super .... 58 to 60 Good 55 tO 57, Average — .... 50 to 54 Fine Corr, and 1-bred, 56/58’sExtra super .... 59 to 60 Good to super ....i 56 to 58 Good 52 to 55. Average - .... 45 to 51 Inferior .... 36 to 42 Med. Corr, and 1-bred, 56’s— Extra super 541 to 56 Good to super 04 to 54 Good 48 t.O 51: Average .... 41 to 47 Inferior .... 32 to 38 Corr, and 1-bred, 50/56 Extra super .... 4SJ to 50 Good to super .... 451 to 48 Good .... 42 to 45 Average .... 39 to 411 Strong 1-bred or Fine < -hied, 2 S— Extra super ... 43 to 451 Good to super .... 381 to 421 Good .... 35 to 38 Average .... to 34 Fine Crossbreds, 50’s— Good to super .... 33 to 36 Good .... 31 to 321 Average .... 29 to 3U. I). Med. Crossbred, 46/50’s — Good to super .... 32 to 35 Good .... 301 to 31 Average .... 28 to 30 Ex Fine 1-bred Hogget, 58/60’s Extra super .... 60 to 64 Good to super .... 56 to 58 Good .... 53 to 551 Average .... 49 to 52 Fine 1-bred Hogget, 56/58’s — Extra super .... 56 * to 594 Good to super .... 53* to 56 Good .... 49 to 53 Average .... 44 to 48.. Medium 1-bred Hogget, 56’s— Extra super .... 52 J to 54 Good to super 50 to 52 Good .... 46 to 48 Average 41 to 45 Fine X Hogget, 50 —54’fExtra super .... 40* to 44 Good to super .... 371 to 40 Good .. 331 to 37 Average .... 31 to 3o NECKS Merino— Good to super ... 54 to 63 Average .... 50 to 53 Hall bred— Good to super .... 48 to 53 Average .... 45 to 4 ; * Inferior and seedy ... 41 to 4-. PIECES Merino— Good to super ... 50 to 551 Average 45 to 49 Halfbred— Good to super ... 47 to 501 Average .... 44 to 46* Inferior and seedy ... 28 to 35 Fine X or if-bred —■ Good to super 32 to 37 Average .... 27 to 31 Crossbred— Good to super .... 26 to 28 Average .... 24 to 2.?* Inferior and seedy ... 18 to 23 BELLIES Merino— Good to super 43 to 461 Average 38 to 42 Half bred — Good to super 36 to 40: Average 32 to 35 Inferior and seedy ... 26 to 30 (’rossbred— Good to super .... 261 to 30 Average .... 22 to 26 Inferior and seedy ... 19 to 21 CRUTCHING Halfbred— >■ Good to super .... -28 Io 301 Average to 2(1 Inferior and seedy ... .18 to 23 2-bred and Fine X-bred Good to super .. .. .... 26 to 29 Average . 24 to 2'.' Inferior and seedy ... 17* to 21 Crossbred— Good to super ... 27 to 31* Average 25 to 261 Inferior and seedy ... 18 to 24 LOCKS Merino 20 to 25* Halfbred .. 18 to 26 Crossbred .. 14 to 18