MARKET REPORT – Melbourne Sale M34
21/02/2019
In a limited selection of 15.5 to 18.5mic good/best and good Topmaking types and a modest offering of 19.0mic and coarser the market remained firm in selected lots with better types/Am’s but was cheaper for all other types in 17.0-21.5 microns with Chinese types most affected.
Fine Merino skirtings with less than 3%vm still in strong demand and closed 5/10ac dearer. Poorer and lower style wools carrying higher vm closed in buyers favour.
Prems and lamb’s types in the 42-44HM range closed with finer microns 10/15ac cheaper and 19.0mic & coarser 10ac cheaper. Longer lambs/prems in the 46-54HM range closed with finer microns firm/unchanged & 19.0 to 20.0mic fully firm in a very small selection.
FLEECE
15.5u – spinners –no selection
– best style – unchanged
– best/good – irregular
– poor types –irregular
16.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – unchanged
– best/good – no selection
– poor types –unchanged
16.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good style – unchanged
– poor types – unchanged
17.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good style -minus 20ac
– poor types – minus 10ac
17.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – firm
– best-good types – minus 15/20ac
– Poor style – minus 10ac
18.0u – spinner & best types – no selection
– best/good types – minus 20ac
– poor types – minus 20ac
18.5u – best types – no selection
– best/good types – minus 10/20ac
– poor types – irregular
19.0u – best/good types – minus 5/10ac
– poor types – minus 5-10ac
19.5u – best/good types – minus 5/10 ac
– poor types – minus 10ac
20.0/20.5u – FNF sound types – unchanged
– Poorer types –minus 5/10ac
21.0/21.5u – FNF sound types – minus 5/10ac
– Poorer types – minus 5/10ac
22.0u and broader – minus 10ac
COMP. China
SKIRTINGS –
Best Length/Low VM types 16.5u/17.5u – 5/10ac dearer
18.5u/19.5u – Fully Firm
Low VM poor types – 16.5u/17.5u – firm/unchanged
18.0u/18.5u – 5/10ac cheaper
19.0u/20.5u – 5/10ac cheaper
High VM types – 16.5u and finer – Unchanged
17.0/18.5u – Buyers Favour
19.0/20.0u – Buyers Favour
Prems – 16.5/ 17.0u – Firm/unchanged
17.5 / 18.5u – Fully Firm
19.0 / 20.0u – Firm/unchanged
COMP. China/ Europe