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Summary Still limited offering of finer wools. Comment The South Island had a good offering of halfbred wool this week, but only a few lots of merino. Halfbreds struggled to maintain last week’s levels and dropped by 2 to 7% with 24.0 to 27.0 micron most affected. The few lots of merino were well supported […]
Summary Market mixed. Comment South Island only offering 10,285 bales. The selection was 50% fleece mainly good colour, some average style, 15% crossbred shears good colour, length 2/3-3/5, 15% associated crossbred oddments, 10% early season halfbred fleeces, 22.0 to 29.5 micron, 5% end of season lambs and 5% miscellaneous types. Main competition was from South […]
Summary Still limited offering of finer wools. Comment There was a useful selection of early season prelamb shorn halfbreds in this weeks offering. Some of these wools were affected by the market drop seen in Australia this week in Australia’s first sales back from recess. Finer halfbreds eased by 3 to 6% and many of […]
Summary Market strengthens again. Comment North Island offering 5,600 bales and South Island offering 8,700 bales. North Island selection consisted of 75% good/average colour crossbred shears, bulk mainly good colour, length +/-3″, 5% crossbred fleece good/average colour, 5% end of season clothing lambs 29.0-31.0 micron generally average colour, 10% associated oddments, mainly clothing length and […]
Summary Market dearer again. Comment North Island only selling today with a small offering of 5,250 bales. The selection consisted of 70% good/average colour crossbred shears, mainly good colour length +/-3″, 10% crossbred fleece good colour, 5% end of season clothing lambs 29.0-31.0 micron generally average colour, 10% associated oddments, mainly clothing lengths and 5% […]
Summary Still limited offering of finer wools. Comment Minimal fine wools on offer this week but a small offering of mid-micron wools available. The market today in the South Island was mixed but generally 26.0 micron and finer were par to sellers favour while wools coarser than 26.0 micron were buyers favour with the exception […]
Summary Market generally tending dearer. Comment South Island only selling today with 10,500 bales on offer. The selection consisted of 50% good/average colour crossbred fleece with the bulk good colour pre lamb fleece wools. Also on offer was 15% second shear, mostly good colour with the bulk length +/-3″, 15% end of season combing lambs, […]
Summary Market generally firm, shears easier. Comment North Island only selling today with 9,525 bales on offer. The selection consisted of 20% good/average colour crossbred fleece/early shorn wool, 34.0 to 39.0 micron, 50% second shear, mostly good colour with bulk of the length +/-3″, 15% end of season combing lambs 30.0 to 31.0 micron tending […]
Summary Limited finer wools available. Comment The selection this week saw some good quality mid-micron pre-lamb shear wools being offered. While the selection was still limited these wools saw a lift in price for those who decided to sell. However passings of these wools types was relatively high as growers continue to come to grips […]
Summary Market mixed. Comment South Island only selling today with 7,000 bales on offer. The selection consisted of 40% good/average colour crossbred fleece, 34.0 to 38.0 micron, 20% second shear good colour generally 3/4″ to 3/5″, 20% end of season combing lambs 30.0 to 31.0 micron, 15% associated oddments and 5% new season halfbred fleece […]