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The Australian wool market has continued its relatively positive start to 2025, with the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rising again this week. Sellers benefitted from lower supply, a shorter selling week and a further decline in the Australian dollar.

Overall, the market has started 2025 on a positive note, with the EMI currently trading 38 cents above its opening level for the year. the EMI has only fallen once this year—a 4-cent dip on January 21.  This week the EMI finished 6 cents higher at 1,192 cents.

The only losses for the week were confined to the finer end of the spectrum in Melbourne, with 16.5MPG losing 23 cents to 1793. On the east coast, 20MPG in Syndey recorded a 12c gain to 1430c/kg.  The Western market had a great week, with 9c-28c gains across the offering and a 19c improvement in the Western Market Indicator (WMI) to 1344c/kg

Crossbred wool was sought after in both eastern markets, with improvement across the board, ranging from a 5cent jump through to a 40c improvement for 28MPG in Sydney to 450c/kg.  

This week’s offering of 33,436 bales was a significant 33% decrease from last week’s massive offering of 49,692 bales in the previous week.  The easing supply saw the pass-in rate decline week on week to 5.9% nationally. In the current context of the market, sellers seem to be willing to accept the marginal improvement in pricing on offer on auction day.

Next week

Next week’s national offering is expected to increase, with 38,361 bales set to be offered across Sydney, Melbourne, and Fremantle. The market will return to a normal sale schedule following last week’s disruption due to the Australia Day long weekend.

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Data sources: Mecardo, AWEX

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