COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVI, Issue 8710, 19 March 1907, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

" Wool, Hides, and Skins Sales

Messrs Levin and Company, Ltd., ■tf" report that they held their fortnightly W : sale on Friday, offering 117 bales of wool, 2(500 skins. 400 hides, aud a quantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool—There was a large entry for ■this season of the year, and several ■of the English operators were present, making a full muster of buyers, who •all operated with coniidence. Considering condition, prices were iv advance of the February sale by per lb. We quote:—Half-bred, 10%' dto lid; coarse crossbred, to "•merino, 9d to 10d; rough and inferior, 8d to 9>od; pieces aud bellies, (id to 7?4'd; locks, "sb,'d to 3d. Skins.— Market was strong. No quotable alteration. We quote :—Merinos, to B>id; fine crossbreds, 9d to 10>|d; coarse crossbreds, B%jYl to lOd; dead skins, 7d to B>-.,'d; dead hoggets, (>%d to 8d; dry pelts, 7d to 7 3 ,{d; lamb skins. 8d to ( .)i.,d; green lamb skins, 4s to 4s !Hl; green pelts, 4s to 4s lid; lamb pelts, is"(id to 2s 4d. Tallow.— Very active demand. Parcels in shipping order £28; tins, £17 to £22; rough fat. £15. Horsehair:—ls to Is <5d per I lb. Horns :—l3s to Kis 3d per ~ 1000. Hides-.—Prices were very firm. Ox bides, extra heavy, (vjv.il to 7d; ox hides, 701b and over, G%ft to 6 7 - B 'd; ox bides, 501b to 701b, (U-o to hides, to (U^d; calf skms, best, (id to 7^d; calf skins, slippy, 3d to 4d; calf skius, cut, 5d to 5J.,d : cut aud slippy bides, 5d to (id ; stag bides, 4d to sd; bull bides, 3Wd to 4Ud. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report: —At our fortnightly sale we offered a representative catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. Everything met with ready sale at late rates. We quote: Sheepskins.—Coarse crossbred, short wools. Sd to 8 l „d; coarse crossbred, full wools, 9^(1; balfbred. 9d to lOd; crossbred bare pelts, 7?sil to 7 : V l d: lamb skins, 9d to lOd; crossbred bare pelts, TJmI to 7 :5 ., d; lamb skins, 9d to lOd ; dead skins, (Us'rt to Bbjd ; damaged and broken, 3d to~(vUjd; green skins, 3s (id to 4s 8d ; lambs skius, 3s 3d to 4s'2d each. Hides.—Only inferior lot forward. Medium ox and cow, (id to (i^d: damaged bides, 5d to s>4<l; calf, sound, 7d to TJ^d; calf, damaged, to sJ.;'d. Horsehair.—ls (id to Is 8d per lb. Tallow.—Good mixed, iv shipping

•condition, 27s (id to *28s :3d for cask . lots; in tins, ISs to 20s (id: rough fat, r to 17s '3d per cwt. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. report : —Our catalogue comprised 1*35 bales wool, ItiOO sheepskins, 550 hides, and 12 casks tallow. There was a full attendance of buyers, and prices for -wool, considering the rough character of the offerings, may be quoted par to a farthing higher than the rates ruling in Ferbuary sale. The catalogues contained mostly late shorn wools, which were all more or less affected with seed and other foreign matter. Some very badly seeded parcels, which were unsaleable last month, were taken to-day at figures which, considering the condition of the wool, must be deemed satisfactory. Skins were very firm, inferior pelted lots showing a' tendency in seller's favour. Hides, which were in good supply, were fairly firm. Tallow sold well "up to late prices for medium, a few lots of better quality making lusher figures. We quote :—Wool.— Crossbred, coarse to medium. W%<[ to I0 :! ,d per lb; crossbred, heavy, seedy, to i)>.,d: lambs, medium, clean, itJ-o'd to lOJifd; lambs, seedy, inferior, o'Ol to 7%d: pieces and bellies, jf r to"(» : locks, -Id to sd. Sheepskins. r —Crossbreds. sound pelted, 1 .1> 4 to crossbreds, quarter to half woolled, B>4d to 8;?<d ; crossbred, dead and inferior pelted, to S^'d; lambs, good, '.Hod to \)%d; lambs, inferior pelted,'fd to bare pelts, lid to 2s 4d each.—Hides.—Superior heavy ox, none offering; medium ox, (Pod "to (!%d per lb; light ox, (U.,'d to" (i^fi'd; medium cow, (id to (i J f jd ; light cow 5-' 5 4 (l to (id; inferior aud damaged 5d to si.;;d ; slippy hides 4} a d to sd: calf sound (i}' 4 d to 7d; calf faulty -Mod to 54a1. Tallow.—lnferior, ISs to 21s"per cwt; medium mixed, 2:3s to 2(is (id; prime, 27s to 28s 3d. The same firm also report that they held their supplementary wool sale on Friday, when they offered a catalogue of about 100 hales, chiefly oddments, seedy aud inferior lots. There was a good attendance of buyers for Home and foreign account, in addition to the usual local scourers and sorters. Prices were a little irregular for the finer wools, but for seedy and inferior fleeces, pieces, locks aud mixed lots the bidding was better than last month at from par to 3 4 d advance. We got 10>od for R aud S cros-sbred and for T G lambs. Our range -of prices was:—Crosbred fleece good !)d to crossbred fleece, aud inferior, 7 : ? 4 d to8?;,d; clean lambs, i)d to seedy and inferior lambs, (Uo'd to pieces, -l J .,d to (>%d ;■ locks, 3d to sd. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held a. supplementary wool sale on Friday, in conjunction with the usual skin" and hide sale. About five hundred bales of wool were offered from all brokers, to which we contributed 140 hales and 18 bags. Prices were somewhat irregular for wool. Good lines realised more than January sale rates, but for shabby and seedy lots prices were somewhat easier. We quote as follows :—Bright crossbred, lOd to medium, o> 4 d to \)%([ ; inferior, to 0d ; lambs, good, to lOJ^d;' medium, B>-o'd to 03' 4 d ; seedy and inferior, to 7)- 2 'd ; half-bred, * 10) 4 d to \o'\<a\~, merino, ■B%d; pieces, to r%d ; locks, 4> 4 d to sd. Sheepskins—The market is firm at late rates. We quote: Half-bred, lOd; crossbred, woolly, Od to '.)?<,d; shorts, 8d to B%d ; inferior and broken, to ~<%d; lambs, medium, S)£d; inferior, 7>y,d ; pelts, dry, 7J 4 d to 8d; crossbred, green pelts, :3s 8d to 4s -id; stragglers, Hides—Good demand at last sale prices. We quote : j. Ox (no heavy offering), medium, 541b mto 701b, to 7d : 40lb, : cow, " medium, 8»-4filb, fid to fi%d ; dry, 4%d to 7%i1; c.'ilf, »%d to C)%fd. TallowIn tins, 10s Od to 21s 0d ; rough fat, His (id.