On top of the 9.2% rise over the last two weeks, the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose another 99¢ or 10.6% to close this week at 1036¢, taking the improvement on the season low to date to an impressive 178 cents or 20.7%. The AUD did its bit falling by almost US$0.01 to US$0.732 which saw the EMI in USD terms rise 43¢ higher, closing at 686¢. Fremantle was well in the game of lifting wool fortunes, with the Western Market Indicator rising 101¢ and now sitting at 1085¢, also 21% above the season low.
The reduced offering of 23,260 bales came forward, 6,148 fewer than last week. With a pass-in rate of just 2.7% nationally, 22,641 bales were sold, 5,020 bales fewer than last week.
This week on Mecardo, Andrew Woods had a close look at the discount tender wool (low staple strength) receives compared to the price for fleece with staple strength of 35 N/ktx, looking at the period from September 2000 to this month (to date). Twenty years ago, low staple strength was punished with massive discounts in the order of 35% to 45% in fine merino fleece. The discounts trended lower from then to around 2015, and have been relatively stable since then with maximum levels around 10-12%.
For 17-micron fleece wool the discount over the past 10 years has been greater for 97% of the time, while for the 20 micron it has experienced larger discounts for 94% of the time.
This is particularly relevant to wool producers who were impacted by the drought, with the break in the drought producing abundant feed but also causing a break in the wool in many clips.
It’s not often you see 100 cent plus price improvements in a week, but this was the case in all centres and for all Merino indicators, with the exception of the 19 + 20 MPG in W.A. that lifted a respectable 99 & 94 cents respectively. This lifted all MPG’s above the 1,000-cent mark.
The crossbred section recorded rises but more circumspect than the Merino section, posting 17 to 45 cent increases.
Cardings in all centres were also much dearer with a 50, 64 & 70 cent lift in Sydney, Melbourne & Fremantle respectively, taking all centre indicators above 700 cents.
Positive news all round
On top of the 9.2% rise over the last two weeks, the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose another 99¢ or 10.6% to close this week at 1036¢, taking the improvement on the season low to date to an impressive 178 cents or 20.7%. The AUD did its bit falling by almost US$0.01 to US$0.732 which saw the EMI in USD terms rise 43¢ higher, closing at 686¢. Fremantle was well in the game of lifting wool fortunes, with the Western Market Indicator rising 101¢ and now sitting at 1085¢, also 21% above the season low.
The reduced offering of 23,260 bales came forward, 6,148 fewer than last week. With a pass-in rate of just 2.7% nationally, 22,641 bales were sold, 5,020 bales fewer than last week.
This week on Mecardo, Andrew Woods had a close look at the discount tender wool (low staple strength) receives compared to the price for fleece with staple strength of 35 N/ktx, looking at the period from September 2000 to this month (to date). Twenty years ago, low staple strength was punished with massive discounts in the order of 35% to 45% in fine merino fleece. The discounts trended lower from then to around 2015, and have been relatively stable since then with maximum levels around 10-12%.
For 17-micron fleece wool the discount over the past 10 years has been greater for 97% of the time, while for the 20 micron it has experienced larger discounts for 94% of the time.
This is particularly relevant to wool producers who were impacted by the drought, with the break in the drought producing abundant feed but also causing a break in the wool in many clips.
It’s not often you see 100 cent plus price improvements in a week, but this was the case in all centres and for all Merino indicators, with the exception of the 19 + 20 MPG in W.A. that lifted a respectable 99 & 94 cents respectively. This lifted all MPG’s above the 1,000-cent mark.
The crossbred section recorded rises but more circumspect than the Merino section, posting 17 to 45 cent increases.
Cardings in all centres were also much dearer with a 50, 64 & 70 cent lift in Sydney, Melbourne & Fremantle respectively, taking all centre indicators above 700 cents.
The week ahead….
The next three weeks the offering lifts to around 30,000 per week, which would have proved daunting a couple of weeks ago.
After this week’s market performance, and with the Au$ down to sit at close on US$0.70, the wool market now considers a fourth straight week of rising prices.
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