Melbourne Market Report M41 – 10th April 2019
MARKET REPORT – Melbourne Sale M41
10/04/2019
In an offering of mainly lower yielding fleece wool and a noticeable increase of prem wool, the market was generally cheaper for low yielding types, and or lower nkt lots.
Better types in 17.0-21.5u with favorable AM’s and higher yields started off irregular, then gained strength as the sale progressed and ended up fully firm, tending dearer.
16.5u and finer were cheaper in a very poor offering.
Fine Merino skirtings with less than 3%vm closed 10/15ac cheaper in a limited selection today. Poorer style and lower yielding wools carrying above 5%vm drifting lower in a large offering and closed 25/35ac cheaper.
Prems and lamb’s types in the 42-44HM range closed with finer microns 10/15ac 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 10/15ac cheaper in a reasonable selection today.
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 – minus 20-30ac
– poor types – Unchanged
16.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good style – minus 10/15ac
– poor types – minus 10ac
17.0u – spinners – no selection
– best style – no selection
– best/good style – unchanged
– Good style – minus 10ac
– poor types – unchanged
17.5u – spinners – no selection
– best style – firm GSA
– best-good types – unchanged
– Good style – firm
– Poor style – minus 10ac
18.0u – spinner & best types – no selection
– best/good types – no selection
– Good style firm
– poor types –minus 10ac
18.5u – best types – no selection
– best/good types – firm TIAN
– poor types – minus 5/10ac
19.0u – best/good types – firm/unchanged
– poor types – firm
19.5u – best/good types – plus 10ac
– poor types – minus 10/20ac
20.0/20.5u – FNF sound types – plus 10ac
– Poorer types – plus 10ac
21.0/21.5u – FNF sound types – plus 10ac
– Poorer types – minus 10ac
COMP. China
SKIRTINGS –
Best Length/Low VM types 16.5u/17.5u – 10/15ac cheaper
18.5u/19.5u – 15ac cheaper
Low VM poor types – 16.5u/17.5u – 25/30ac cheaper
18.0u/18.5u – 25/30ac cheaper
19.0u/20.5u – 20/25ac cheaper
High VM types – 16.5u and finer – 25/35ac cheaper
17.0/18.5u – 25/30ac cheaper
19.0/20.0u – 25/30ac cheaper
Prems – 16.0/ 17.0u – 5/10ac cheaper
17.5 / 18.5u – Firm/unchanged
19.0 / 20.0u – 10/15ac cheaper
COMP. China/ Europe