RENEWED demand from mainly China has lifted the Australian wool market this week, raising crossbred and Merino fleece prices…Read More
Sheep Central, December 11, 2020
BROAD wool-buying interest pushed the spot auction market higher this week as exporters and processors finalised their prompt purchases ahead of the Christmas/New Year recess…Read More
Sheep Central, December 11, 2020
WOOL forward markets were again steady last week as growers and traders looked for a little certainty in the early New Year period…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, December 7, 2020
IMPROVED buyer interest on the second day of wool auctions this week helped the market’s price benchmark hold ground this week…Read More
Sheep Central, December 4, 2020
WOOL prices generally steadied in Australia this week, with improvements in fine and medium Merino fleece and carding type values in some auction centres…Read More
Sheep Central, November 27, 2020
FORWARD wool trading stabilised this week as the physical auction market steadied after weeks of volatility…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, November 27, 2020
AUSTRALIAN wool growers and brokers passed in or withdrew more than a quarter of the bales catalogued for sale in auctions this week as prices dropped lower…Read More
Sheep Central, November 20, 2020
IT was a quiet week on the wool forward markets, with activity limited to the nearby months, as the December 19 micron index traded at 1365 cents and 1370 cents prior to auctions opening on Tuesday…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, November 20, 2020
AUSTRALIAN wool growers reacted to the downturn in auction prices late last week by withdrawing and passing almost 40 percent of the catalogued bales…Read More
Sheep Central, October 30, 2020
VOLATILITY is becoming the new normal in the wool spot auction and forward markets…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, October 30, 2020
ONLINE wool sales declined in Australia last week as physical auction prices slipped back…Read More
Sheep Central, October 5, 2020
THE spot auction wool market reversed its upward trend and gave back almost half of the hard-fought gains of the previous two weeks…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, October 5, 2020