While the early sales of the one day auction (Wednesday) were solid, by the end of the day the market had retreated, with Fremantle, as the last to sell, most effected. This resulted in just 3,113 bales of the 4,508 offered in W.A. selling, with a pass-in rate of 30.9%
The pass-in rate of 23% nationally meant that of the bales offered, just 13,917 bales cleared to the trade. This was the lowest offering since June 2009. Season to date there have been 228,000 bales fewer sold, down on average 6,340 per selling week compared to last season.
The Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) lost 9 cents for the week to close at 1,292 cents. The Australian dollar was strong, lifting almost 3 cents to US$0.641, which pushed the EMI in US$ terms up 31 cents to 828 cents. The Western Market Indicator also eased losing 14 cents to close at 1,370 cents. Turnover this week was $19.67 million at $1,413 per bale, taking the year to date value to $1,728 million.
Melbourne finer Merino types all posted rises, however the EMI was dragged down by falls in the X Bred sections where falls of between 20 – 40 cents were observed. Cardings eased slightly except in Melbourne where a 30 cent fall gave back the improvement of last week.
Smallest offering since 2009
Next week
Next week all centres are selling on Tuesday & Wednesday with 31,517 bales on offer. A stronger US/Aus$ rate is not helpful, but exporters appear to have sufficient orders to cope with the reduced offerings.
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Data sources: Riemann, AWEX, Mecardo
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