Melbourne Market Report – 22nd August 2018
MARKET REPORT – Melbourne Sale M08
22/08/2018
A slightly broader selection today and with less Best style wools the market opened with a softer tone again.
In a mainly best/good selection of 16.5 to 19.0mic the better types closed 20/25 cheaper with poorer and low yielding types 30/40ac cheaper. 19.5 to 21.5 mic opened 25/30ac cheaper but then firmed as the sale progressed to close 15/20ac cheaper as competition improved from indent buyers.
Chinese types 25/35ac cheaper for 16.5 to 18.5mic and 15/20ac for 19.5 to 21.0mic
Fine Merino skirtings with less than 4%vm followed a similar trend to the fleece again today closing 25/30ac cheaper. All other microns and types 15/20ac cheaper.
Prems and lambs types in the 44-50HM range closed 10/15ac dearer in a very small selection.
FLEECE
15.5u – spinners – small selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good – no selection
– poor types – no selection
16.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good – no selection
– poor types – 20/30ac cheaper
16.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – 10/15ac cheaper
– best/good style – 20/30ac cheaper
– poor types – 15/20ac cheaper
17.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – 20/30ac cheaper
– best/good style- 20/30ac cheaper
– poor types – 15/20ac cheaper
17.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – 15/20ac cheaper
– best-good types – 20/30ac cheaper
– Poor style – 25/30ac cheaper
18.0u – spinner & best types – small selection
– best/good types – 15/20ac cheaper
– poor types – 20ac cheaper
18.5u – best types – no selection
– best/good types- 15/20ac cheaper
– poor types – 25/30ac cheaper
19.0u – best/good types – 25/30ac cheaper
– poor types – 30/40ac cheaper
19.5u – best/good types – 15/20ac cheaper
– poor types – 20/25ac cheaper
20.0/20.5u – FNF sound types – 15/20ac cheaper
– Poorer types – 25/35ac cheaper
21.0/21.5u – FNF sound types – 15/20ac cheaper
– Poorer types – 25/30ac cheaper
22.0u and broader – generally unchanged
COMP. China
SKIRTINGS –
Best Length/Low VM types 16.5u/17.5u – 25/30ac cheaper
18.5u/19.5u – 15/20ac cheaper
Low VM poor types – 16.5u/17.5u – 25/30ac cheaper
18.0u/18.5u – 15/20ac cheaper
19.0u/20.5u – 10/15ac cheaper
High VM types – 16.5u and finer – 15/20ac cheaper
17.0/18.5u – 15/20ac cheaper
19.0/20.0u – 10/15ac cheaper
Prems – 16.5/ 17.0u – 15/20ac dearer
17.5 / 18.5u – 10/15ac dearer
19.0 / 20.0u – Firm Unchanged
COMP. China/ Europe