PALMERSTON SALE

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18803, 26 November 1932, Page 10

PALMERSTON SALE

WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW. HIGHER VALUES FOR SKINS AND HIDES. Messrs Abraham ant! Williams’ monthly sale of wool, skins, hides and tallow, held at Palmerston North on Wednesday, brought forward a substantial rise in values in all classes. Ridding throughout was very animated. Wool: Prices generally were up Ad to Id per lb. Sheepskins: Dry sheepskins met with very animated competition, with an appreciation in values for medium and finer wools of id to id per lb. while other sorts were very Ann to id up. Salted skins were also very firm on our last sale. Hides: For hides and calfskins the demand was excellent throughout. Lighter sorts were up Id per lb and others id to id. Calfskins were in sellers’ favour by id to Id per lb. Tallow: Values very firm. The following is the range of prices—Wool: Fine crossbred 4sd to 5Jd, fine hoggets 4id to sd, crossbred 3d to Id, Inferior crossbred lid to 2d, dead lid to 2d, crutcblngs lid to 2d. Sheepskins: Dry, fine hoggets 3id to -id, hoggots 3d to 3Jd. fine crossbred 3id to 4d, three-quarter full-wools 2id to 3}d, quarter half-wools 2Jd to 2id. spring lambs Is Id each, pells lid to 2d, dead lid to 2d, seedy lid to 2id, damaged 2d to 2id, inferior damaged I*d to lid. Sailed pelts to (*,,1, damaged pelts id to ml. Hides: Ox, heavy 4 3 to lid, medium to lid, light lo lid: cow, heavy Id to lid, medium Id to lid. light lid to ltd; yearlings 3id to lid, da cut 21(1 lo 3Jd: calf, heavy SLI lo Old, light, Urst. 3id to Id, cut 3.[d lo Id, slippy to 2?,d. Tallow: In drums, first 13s to 13s fid, second 10s lo 12s Oil; tins, first 11s to lls Od, second fis to 10s Od