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