FREMANTLE MARKET REPORT

COMMENT

Fine fleece 30-60 cents cheaper, broad fleece 10 cents cheaper, skirtings 20-30 cents cheaper and open tops 20 cents cheaper.

FLEECE

Fleece prices followed a similar pattern to yesterday, with 19.5u and finer up to 50 cents cheaper with poor spec wools the most affected. 20.0u and broader held up better and were generally 10 cents cheaper.

The passed-in rate for fleece was 37.1%.

SKIRTINGS

Finer skirtings were generally 20-30 cents cheaper, while good spec 19.5u and broader were actually 30-50 cents dearer.

OPEN TOPS

18.5u and finer open tops were 20-30 cents cheaper, while 19.0u and broader were unchanged.