MARKET REPORT – Melbourne Sale M35

27/02/2019

A mainly good/best selection in 18.0 to 20.5mic saw the market stabilise today with only 17.5mic and finer lower and poorer style wools continuing to drift lower. Best style/am wools attracted good competition and closed 5/10ac dearer. 18.0 to 19.5mic best style wools keenly sought and closed fully firm. 17.5 and finer poorer and lower style wools closed 10/15ac cheaper.

Fine Merino skirtings with less than 3%vm closed firm/unchanged in a very small selection. 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 fully firm and 19.0mic & coarser generally unchanged. Longer lambs/prems in the 46-54HM range closed with finer microns 10/15ac dearer & 19.0 to 20.0mic generally unchanged in a very small selection.

FLEECE

15.5u – spinners –no 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 – minus 10/15ac

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

17.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good style -minus 15/20ac
– poor types – minus 10ac

17.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best-good types – minus 15/20ac
– Poor style – minus 10/15ac

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

18.5u – best types – no selection
– best/good types – minus 10ac
– poor types – plus 5/10ac

19.0u – best/good types – plus 5ac
– poor types – firm/unchanged

19.5u – best/good types – fully firm
– poor types – unchanged

20.0/20.5u – FNF sound types – fully firm
– Poorer types – minus 5ac

21.0/21.5u – FNF sound types – fully firm
– Poorer types – plus 5c

22.0u and broader – no selection

COMP. China / Europe

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 – 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 – Generally Unchanged

COMP. China/ Europe