MARKET REPORT – Melbourne Sale M32

06/02/2019

On a limited selection of best / good types in 17.5 – 21.5 u, mainly in good / average style, and a reasonable selection of 16.5 Microns and finer, but mainly in lower Nkt’s,The market opened firm but holes started to appear as the sale proceeded. Better types with favorable am’s in 18.5u remained firm, with selected lots dearer,but lower types/am’s started to lose ground.

Better style/am’s in 15.5u and finer in a very limited selection were dearer.
Chinese types were cheaper.

Fine Merino skirtings with less than 3%vm still well supported today and closed fully firm. Poorer and lower style wools carrying higher vm closed 5/10ac cheaper.

Prems and lamb’s types in the 42-44HM range closed with finer microns slightly cheaper and 19.0mic & coarser generally unchanged. Longer lambs/prems in the 46-54HM range closed with finer microns firm/unchanged & 19.0 to 20.0mic fully firm.

FLEECE

15.5u – spinners –no selection
– best style – firm
– best/good – plus 20-30ac
– poor types – firm

16.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good – plus 20ac
– poor types – minus 10/20ac

16.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – unchanged
– best/good style – unchanged
– poor types – unchanged

17.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – unchanged
– best/good style unchanged NEW
– poor types – minus 10ac

17.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – unchanged
– best-good types – minus 20/30ac NEW
– Poor style – minus 10/20ac

18.0u – spinner & best types – no selection
– best/good types – plus 10/15ac
– poor types – minus 10/20ac

18.5u – best types – unchanged
– best/good types – unchanged
– poor types – unchanged

19.0u – best/good types – unchanged
– poor types – minus 10/15ac

19.5u – best/good types – plus 10/ 20ac
– poor types –plus 10/20ac

20.0/20.5u – FNF sound types – plus 10 10/15ac
– Poorer types – irregular

21.0/21.5u – FNF sound types – unchanged
– Poorer types – unchanged

22.0u and broader – unchanged

COMP. China

SKIRTINGS –

Best Length/Low VM types 16.5u/17.5u – Fully Firm
18.5u/19.5u – Firm Unchanged

Low VM poor types – 16.5u/17.5u – 10/15ac cheaper
18.0u/18.5u – 5/10ac cheaper
19.0u/20.5u – Generally Unchanged

High VM types – 16.5u and finer – 10/15ac cheaper
17.0/18.5u – 10ac cheaper
19.0/20.0u – generally unchanged

Prems – 16.5/ 17.0u – Firm/unchanged
17.5 / 18.5u – Firm/unchanged
19.0 / 20.0u – Fully Firm

COMP. China/ Europe