AUSTRALIAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

Comment

Leading into this week’s sale series, the market was widely expected to open dearer and this did eventuate. Trading interest over the weekend prior was reported, and prices started strongly. The Australian dollar had settled lower against the USD prior to the opening on Tuesday and this encouraged the buyers even further. All merino types and categories were impacted with particular interest on the better types which were in limited supply. Fine wool with European specifications were the most keenly sought after.  

AWEX Eastern Indicator compared with 03/02/2022

Eastern Indicator

Close: 1400

Change in % +3.27

Authentico Index Values

15 Micron

Close: 4002

Change in %: +1.2

16 Micron

Close: 3075

Change in %: +1.3

17 Micron

Close: 2673

Change in %: +4.7

18 Micron

Close: 2341

Change in %: +4.5

19 Micron

Close: 1949

Change in %:  +1.5

Authentico Indicator

Close: 2714

Change in %: +3.1

Forecast

We’re still seeing some good healthy volume offerings. The 58,000 bales currently listed for sale next week will likely lead to a more cautious tone to open with. The area that we might be most concerned about would be the higher VM fleece and piece types that have less interest from the trade due to processing costs to remove the VM. Other better specification wools, with lower VM, and mostly suited for the Chinese and European standard types, will be more limited and we expect buyer competition on them to remain consistent, even if prices do settle a little.

Auction offering – current week

Market	Sale	Offered	Sold	Passed In
North	S 32	13834	13311	3.8%
South	M 32	23715	21906	7.6%
West	F 32	11775	11292	4.1%

Auction offering – next week

Market	Sale	Sale days	Volume
North	S 33	T / W	13377
South	M 33	T / W / T	31920
West	F 33	T / W	13570

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