Wool Market Report – 18 November 2020
On the 14th wool auction of the 2020/2021 sale season, the merino wool market indicator decreased by 1,0% to close on 14407c per kg clean wool.
The average clean wool market indicators for good quality long fleece wool (MF4/MF5) with a tenstile strength of 35 (NKT) were as follows:
| Fibrediameter (µ) | CWP* PM** | Fibrediameter (µ) | CWP* | PM** | *Clean wool price
**Price movement
|
| 18 µ | 17674 (-2,5%) | 21 µ | 13568 | (-1,4%) | |
| 19 µ | 15598 (-1,2%) | 22 µ | 12439 | (-0,1%) | |
| 20 µ | 14163 (-1,9%) | 23 µ |
The key buyers from the previous sale were: Lempriere Wool Services SA (3,882 bales), Standard Wool (2,557 bales) G Modiano (2,007 bales). Of the 11 814 bales offered 11 234 bales were declared sold (95%).
Highest prices achieved on the BKB auction were as follows:
| TOP 10 BKB PORT ELIZABETH | |||||||||
| Name | Scheme | Area | Descr. | AWEX Type | Mic | Clean | NKT | Price | |
| 1. Ekland Agri (Edms) Bpk | RWS | Marquard | BH | MWF4S.78 | 16.2µ | 74.3% | 29 | 17100c | |
| 2. Chamar Bdy (Pty) Ltd | Adelaide | CH | MWF4S.73 | 16.1µ | 70.9% | 37 | 15900c | ||
| 3. DW Pringle | RWS | Bedford | CFH | MWF4E.66 | 16.3µ | 70.1% | 47 | 15620c | |
| 4. DH Currie Farming Trust | RWS | Cathcart | HB | MP5S.76 | 16.8µ | 71.2% | 41 | 15490c | |
| 5. LJ Viljoen | Bethal | BH | MWF5S.65 | 16.1µ | 68.8% | 51 | 15410c | ||
| 6. Ekland Agri (Edms) Bpk | RWS | Marquard | AH | MWF4S.85 | 17.0µ | 74.1% | 30 | 15410c | |
| 7. Piet Lubbe en Seuns Bdy | RWS | Gariepdam | BH | MWF4S.67 | 16.8µ | 73.0% | 46 | 15280c | |
| 8. DH Zehmke | Stutterheim | BFFH | MWF4E.70 | 17.2µ | 74.7% | 47 | 15000c | ||
| 9. Moorcroft Trust | RWS | Adelaide | AH | MWF5S.84 | 16.5µ | 68.7% | 40 | 14990c | |
| 10. Chamar Bdy (Pty) Ltd | Adelaide | BH | MWF4S.78 | 16.7µ | 69.7% | 36 | 14810c | ||
The next auction will take place on the 25th of November 2020.
