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Summary Clean up offering for the final sale of the 2018/2019 season. Comment There was a very miscellaneous selection of finer wools available this week in New Zealand reflecting an end of season clean up before the short recess. Prices for the wools on offer again reflected the recent movements of prices in Australia, but […]
Summary Fleece firm, second shear and oddments easier. Comment North Island offering 8,500 bales and South Island offering 12,000 bales. The selection in the North Island was dominated by good colour second shear 3″, 33.0 to 40.0 micron. The South Island offering was dominated by average colour fleece 3/5″ to 4/6″, 35.0 to 40.0 micron […]
Summary Market generally easier. Comment North Island only selling today with 9,000 bales on offer. The selection consisted of 70% crossbred second shear 75/100mm and shorter, good colour, 35.0 to 40.0 micron, 20% associated oddments and 10% miscellaneous types. Reasonable competition with Australasian carpet mills, South East Asia main and support from United Kingdom, Continent […]
Summary Still limited offering of fine wools available. Comment Once again there was a small limited selection of finer wools on offer today in Christchurch. Prices tended to reflect the movements seen in Australia.
Summary Market generally dearer but halfbreds ease. Comment South Island only selling today with 8,000 bales on offer. The selection consisted of 55% crossbred fleece, 35.0 to 39.0 micron bulk average colour, 10% second shear 75/100mm and shorter, good colour, 12% crossbred lambs, 10% halfbred fleece 26.0 to 30.0 micron. Also on offer were 10% […]
Summary Market continues to ease Comment North Island only selling today with 9,000 bales on offer. The selection consisted of 70% second shear, good style, 36.0 to 39.0 micron bulk 50/100mm. Also on offer were 25 percent associated oddments and 5 percent miscellaneous types. Limited competition with Australasian carpet mills main and support from Europe […]
Summary Market eases slightly Comment South Island only selling today with 10,000 bales on offer. The selection consisted of 40 percent average/inferior style fleeces 35.0 to 39.0 micron, 75/100mm and longer, 5 percent good style fleece 35.0 to 39.0 micron also 75/100mm and longer, 10 percent end of season lambs, 15% second shear, bulk 75mm. […]
Summary Only a few odd lots on offer this week. Comment There were a few miscellaneous fine wools on offer this week. Those wools available attracted keen competition.
Summary Market generally firm tending dearer Comment South Island only selling today with 11,000 bales on offer. The selection consisted of 45 percent average style fleeces 33.0 to 39.0 micron, 15 percent lambs good colour, 29.0 to 31.5 micron, bulk 75mm, 15% good style second shear, 35.0 to 39.0 micron, bulk 75mm. Also on offer […]
Summary Only a few bales of fine wools on offer Comment Once again there was only a small number of bales of fine wool on offer at the sale held in Christchurch this week as we wait for the new season wools to come onto the market. Too few to quote.