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Summary Limited selection. Comment There was a small limited selection of fine wool on offer today in Christchurch. Fine wools were generally firm tending buyers favour when compared to the last Christchurch sale. Halfbreds were also firm tending buyers favour again in a small selection.
Summary Market easier again. Comment North Island offering 4,800 bales made up of 40% good colour fleece, 35% crossbred second shear, bulk 75mm, 15% associated oddments, 5% lambs and 5% miscellaneous types. South Island offering 6,300 bales made up of 55% crossbred fleece good/average colour, 15% crossbred second shear bulk 75/100mm, 10% crossbred lambs, 15% […]
Summary Market easier. Comment There was another good selection of fine wools on offer this week in Christchurch. The market generally eased across the board from the last Christchurch sale by 2-5% for 17.0n micron and coarser while 16.5 micron was firm and 16.0 micron was up to 10% cheaper. Oddments followed a similar pattern. […]
Summary Market easier. Comment North Island offering 7,000 bales made up of 40% good colour fleece, 35% second shear, bulk 75mm, 15% associated oddments, 5% lambs and 5% miscellaneous. South Island offering 8,100 bales made up of 45% crossbred fleece good/average colour, 10% crossbred second shear bulk 75/100mm, 15% associated oddments, 10% merino fleece, 10% […]
Summary Market mixed but continues upward movement. Comment In a good selection of finer wools offered today in Christchurch the market continued to follow in the footsteps of Australia with gains seen in most finer microns of between 2-7%. The exception to this was the 17.5 to 18.0 micron bracket which saw 1-3% drop. In […]
Summary Fine wools mixed, coarser wools ease. Comment South Island only offering 8,500 bales. The selection consisted of 25% crossbred fleece, 32-38 micron good/average style, 25% merino/halfbred fleece good style, 20% crossbred second shear/hogget shears up to 3/5″ generally good colour, 20% associated oddments, 5% reoffered lambs and 5% miscellaneous types. A softer demand across […]
Summary Market continues to rise. Comment North Island only offering 6,000 bales. The selection consisted of 30% crossbred hogget fleece, 32-36 micron mainly good style, 8% crossbred fleece average to good style, 35% crossbred second shear/hogget shears bulk 75mm good colour, 19% associated oddments, 5% reoffered lambs and 3% miscellaneous types. Keen widespread competition with […]
Summary Merino market extreme. Comment There was another good offering of fine wools and halfbreds available this week. After the gains seen in the Australian market over the past two week prices here increased markedly when compared to the last South Island sale and in line with Australia. The market was well supported by a […]
Summary Market very strong. Comment South Island only offering 8,900 bales. The selection consisted of 46% crossbred and crossbred hogget fleece, 32-36 micron mainly good/average colour, 12% crossbred second shear/hogget shears bulk 75mm good colour, 10% associated oddments, 10% merino fleece 16-22 micron super style, 17% halfbred fleece, 23-28 micron super/good style and 5% miscellaneous […]
Summary Market dearer. Comment North Island only offering 6,000 bales. The selection consisted of 35% crossbred hogget fleece, 32-36 micron mainly good/average colour, 30% crossbred second shear/hogget shears bulk 75-100mm good colour, 15% crossbred fleece good/average colour, 10% associated oddments, 5% lambs and 5% miscellaneous types. Keen widespread competition with most sectors operation strongly Fleece […]