WOOL MARKET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 March 1925, Page 6

WOOL MARKET.

LOXDOX SALES. Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-op. Association, Ltd., March 10th:— Wool sales opened to-day, and were well attended by Home, American and Continental buyers. Fine xbd declined 10 per _cent, medium and coarse xbd declined •> ]'or cent to 71 per cent, compared with closing rate's of previous' sale. Levin and Co., Ltd., March ltth. The auctions opeiHVl hore to-day with a large attendance of buyers. As compared with the closing rates ot tlie last sales, we quotc:-Greasy Merino, besi, 4d lower; greasy Merino, aicrnge, d lower; fine A-b,I, 50/56's 8d h'wer; bd 48/50’s, 2d lower; hue xbd, 40/ 4S's Ud lower; medium xbd, 44/40 s, ltd'lower; coarse 40/44’s JLI lower; I,,'w xbd, 86/40’S, lid lower. The following prices are current lor average farmers’ lots:— Greasy Merinos, 2al to

31,1; scoured Merinos, 4/8; greasy supcr ,',-bd, 56 's, 26d to 80d; tine 4-bd ;>O/ 20d to 89d; line xbd, 46/48’s 22d to 25d; medium xbd, -14/40 s, 21d to °4d: coarse xbd. 40/4 Us, 20,1 to 28,1; low xbd, 86/40's, 19d to 22,1; xbd pieces, 17,1 to 19<1; bellies, l,d to 18,1; locks, 10d to 12,1. Fine xbd and slipe wools generally not represented. 'j’lie N.X. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., March loth.—Prices as compared with the close of preceding sehics ruled about 71- per cent lowei for medium xbd; about 5 per cent lower for coarse xbd, and about 10 per cent to 15 per cent lower for Merino. Competition by both Home and-toieign 1 divers is fairly, active tor xbd, fail French demand for Merino. The opening catalogues were fairly representa-

tive. Murray, Roberts and (0., March 10. —Good selection, with the exception of slipe wool and coarse xbd. Merino declined 10 to 15 per cent; faulty and inferior descriptions showed the greatest decline; tine xbd declined 74 per cent, medium declined 5 per cent, coarse xbd shows no material change.