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Summary Merino market generally dearer. Comment There was a good offering of fine wools and halfbreds this week ranging from 13.5 micron through to 21.0 micron. The market was well supported by a full bench of buyers. 18.5 micron and finer were keenly sought after and were up to 8% dearer when compared to the […]
Summary Market dearer. Comment South Island only offering 8,300 bales. The selection consisted of 35% crossbred/hogget wool, 32-36 micron mainly good/average colour, 15% second shear bulk 75-100mm good colour, 15% super style merino fleece bulk 15-18 micron, 15% halfbred fleece good style bulk 23-26.5 micron, 10% associated oddments, 5% lambs and 5% miscellaneous types. Keen […]
Summary Market continues to rise. Comment North Island only offering 6,500 bales. The selection consisted of 50% crossbred second shear 33-37 micron good colour bulk 75mm, 25% crossbred hogget fleece wool, mainly 33-37 micron good colour 75/125mm and longer, 15% associated oddments, 8% reoffered lambs fleece and 2% miscellaneous types. Indian Subcontinent and Australasian carpet […]
Summary Merino market rises. Comment The South Island had another good offering of fine wools and halfbreds this week with some good quality clips available. The market followed the same upward trend seen in Australia over the past two weeks with gains of up 10% over most microns with 18.0 micron experiencing even greater gains […]
Summary Market rises. Comment South Island only offering 10,170 bales. The selection consisted of 45% crossbred and hogget fleece wool, mainly good/average colour, 10% crossbred second shear 75/100mm and shorter good colour, 10% halfbred fleece good style 22.0 to 29.0 micron good style, 8% merino fleece, 16.0 to 21.0 micron super style, 15% associated oddments […]
Summary Merino market mixed. Comment The South Island had a good offering of finer wools and halfbreds this week with some good quality clips available. 18.5 micron and finer attracted keen competition with the odd lot extreme. 19.0 to 22.0 micron however were up to 8% cheaper on the back of the losses seen in […]
Summary Market mixed. Comment South Island only offering 11,300 bales. The selection consisted of 33% crossbred fleece wool, mainly good colour, 34.0 to 37.0 micron, 13% crossbred second shear good colour average 75mm, 20% halfbred fleece super style 22.0 to 30.0 micron very good style, 13% merino fleece, 16.0 to 21.0 micron excellent style, 15% […]
Summary Good offering of finer wools this week Comment The South Island had a good offering of merino and halfbred wools this week. Halfbreds suffered from a lack of support this week and dropped significantly compared to the last sale in Christchurch. The offering of merino wool was the first reasonable quantity that we have […]
Summary Market cheaper. Comment South Island only offering 12,600 bales. The selection consisted of 36% crossbred fleece wool, mainly good colour, 10% crossbred second shear 75/100mm and shorter very good colour, 20% halfbred fleece super style 22.0 to 29.0 micron, 15% associated oddments, 5% crossbred lambs, 10% merino fleece 16.0 to 21.0 micron and 4% […]
Summary Market generally firm to sellers favour. Comment North Island only offering 6,500 bales. The selection consisted of 55% second shears and hogget shears mainly good colour, some average style, 10% crossbred fleece good/average colour, 20% crossbred shear oddments all descriptions, 10% end of season lambs and 5% miscellaneous types. Main competition was again from […]