Fingering Weight from Pacific Meadows Alpacas

Fingering Weight

from Pacific Meadows Alpacas
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
150 yards
(137 meters)
33 grams
(1.16 ounces)
26.0 sts
= 4 inches
US 2 - 2.75 mm
100% Camelid - Alpaca
Plied

Gauge on the ball band says 6.5 stitches = 1 inch, which would put this yarn into the sport weight class, yet its name is Fingering weight.

A label from 2009 gives these gauges:
#2 needle, 7 st/inch
#5 needle, 4 st/inch