AUSTRALIAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT - The Schneider Group

Comment

The market is continuing its upward trend for the 7th consecutive sale. There’s particular interest in fine wool with 16.0 to 18.0 micron coming under the greatest pressure. This is a welcome result with current fine wool prices not sufficient to sustain a fine wool production enterprise. The drought conditions in southern Australia have not helped with large volumes of drought affected fine wool impacting on average fine wool prices in recent months. Buyers were active from the outset and auction competition continued until the end of the sale. Another of the more positive results, was the increase in the EMI value in USD to 842, a rise of nearly 3% for the week in the currency of our major export market.

AWEX Eastern Indicator compared with 29/08/25

Eastern Indicator

Close: 1291

Change in +2.3%

Authentico Index Values

15 Micron

Close: 2880

Change in %: -3.0

16 Micron

Close: 2131

Change in %: +0.9

17 Micron

Close: 2002

Change in %: +2.9

18 Micron

Close: 1898

Change in %: -0.5

19 Micron

Close: 1790

Change in %: +2.4

Authentico Indicator

Close: 2063

Change in %: +0.6

Forecast

The national volume will fall below 30,000 next week. Some recent rain and a late winter surge have delayed some shearing. This will add to further speculation as a result of limited supply on the market. Chinese activity seems to be following the market. Most traders are indicating that the general sentiment, while not great, is certainly improving.

Auction offering – current week

Market	Sale	Offered	Sold	Passed In
North	S 10	10212	10050	1.6%
South	M 10	14149	13577	4.0%
West	F 10	4038	3956	2.0%

Auction offering – next week

Market	Sale	Sale days	Volume
North	S11	T / W	7169
South	M11	T / W	16215
West	F11	T	5153

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