MARKET REPORT – Melbourne Sale M35

26/02/2019

In a very small offering of 17.0 to 19.0mic good/best topmaking and a mainly good/poor style offering of 19.5 to 21.5 mic Chinese types the market retracted today with poorer style fine wools suffering the largest falls (50-60ac). 17.0 to 19.0 mic good/best topmaking types closed 30/40ac cheaper. 19.5 to 21.0mic best style/am lots 25/30 ac cheaper and poorer style 15/20ac cheaper. Competition improved from China indent buyers in the last hour of selling.

Fine Merino skirtings with less than 3%vm irregular today with some lots slightly dearer and poorer style tending buyers favour. Poorer and lower style wools carrying higher vm closed 10/15ac cheaper.

Prems and lamb’s types in the 42-44HM range closed with finer microns fully firm and 19.0mic & coarser 5/10ac dearer. 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 – no selection
– best/good – irregular
– poor types –irregular

16.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – unchanged
– best/good – no selection
– poor types – minus 20/30ac

16.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good style – minus 20/30ac
– poor types – minus 10/15ac

17.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good style -minus 30ac
– poor types – minus 25/30ac

17.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best-good types – minus 30/40ac
– Poor style – minus 10/15ac

18.0u – spinner & best types – no selection
– best/good types – minus 20/30ac
– poor types – minus 20ac

18.5u – best types – no selection
– best/good types – minus 10/20ac
– poor types – minus 20/30ac

19.0u – best/good types – minus 25/30ac
– poor types – minus 20/25ac

19.5u – best/good types – minus 25/30 ac
– poor types – minus 30ac

20.0/20.5u – FNF sound types – minus 30/35ac
– Poorer types –minus 20ac

21.0/21.5u – FNF sound types – minus 20/25ac
– Poorer types – minus 20ac

22.0u and broader – no selection

COMP. China

SKIRTINGS –

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