WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9, 1 March 1900, Page 15

WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

London, February 21. — At the tallow sales 825 casks were offered and 525 sold. Mutton, Fine, 31s ; medium, 29s (id. Beef, Fine, 30s ; medium, 28s 6d. Melbourne, February 21. — The wool sales have been resumed. Merinos and fine crossbreds declined 5 per cent, compared with prices obtained a month ago. Other sorts remain unchanged. London, February 23. — The Bradford wool market is lifeless. Prioes are not quoted. London, February 25. — Rabbitskins : Fair demand. Good New Zealand sold at from par to £d advance ; inferior New Zealand declined Id. Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Rabbitskins — Very few coming forward and prices unchanged. Sheepskins — Market firm at late quotations. Hides — In good demand. Prime heavy ox, 4d to 4£d ; medium, 3£d to 3fd ; light and inferrior, 2d to 3d per lb. Tallow — Market steady. Best rendered mutton, 15s 6d to 17s ; medium, 13s 6d to 15s ; rough fat, 10s 6d to 13s 6d per cwt.