AUCKLAND WOOL SALE.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18809, 3 December 1932, Page 3

AUCKLAND WOOL SALE.

A TOTAL OF £150,000. INCREABE IN OFFERING. AUCKLAND, Saturday. It is estimated that the return obtained for the farmers as a result of the wool sale is approximately £150,000, compared with £103,000 at the opening sale last season. The increase of £47,000 is to be attributed not so much to the advance in tiie price of fine wools as to the fact that the offering comprised 5211 more bales than that of last season’s opening sale. OFFICIAL RANGE OF PRICES. AUCKLAND, Saturday. The official range of prices at the Auckland wool sale is- supplied by the woolbrokers ."as follows (prices at the last Auckland sale of last • season, held in March last, being given for purposes of comparison) :

December, March. 1032 1932 d d d d Corrledale — Super 10J to It Medium .... — Superfine Halfbred, 56-58 . . Medium Hairbred, to 104 10 to 104 50-50— Super .... 9 to 10 Average 75 to 8? 64 to 74 Inferior .... Coarse Hairbred, 6* to 74 5 to 55 48-50— Super .... 8 to 9 6 to 73 Average .... 74 to 8 5 to 6 Inferior .... Fine Crossbred, 6 to 7 i 34 to 44 40-48— Super 54 to 64 5 to 55 Average .... 44 to 4 to 45 Inferior Medium Crossbred, 34 to H 2i to 3 >2 4 4-4 6— Super .... 4 to 44 45 to 55 Average .... 34 to 3 4 3 4 to 44 Inferior .... Coarse Crossbred, 9} to 3 24 to 3 i 40-44 — Super .... 3} to 3i 4 to 5 Average .... 24 to 3 3 to 33 Inferior .... Low Crossbred, 14 to 2 2 to 2 3 36-40— Super Average .... O to 2J 24 to 34 Inferior .... Hoggets— 11 to 2 2 to 24 Extra super Corr. .... to 10 Hairbred 7 to 94 6 to 74 54 4 7 64 54 Medium .... to 5 4 to Coarse .... Lambs— 3 to 4 3 to 4 5 6 Fine, 46-50 4 to 6 4 4 to 54 Medium, 40-44 o to 4 3 to 4 Seedy Infer. Bellies & Pieces— 4 to 3 i to 2 J Crossbred, good to super . . Crossbred, low 2 to 3 2 to 3 lo medium 4 to 0 4 to 14 Crutclilngs— Med. to good 2 to 3 2 to 3 Infer, to seedy Locks— 4 to 2 1 to 2 Crossbred 4 to i 1 to M