Buyers pushed up prices as they worked to fill orders, especially for fleece at 30 microns and lower, PGG Wrightson South Island sales manager Dave Burridge said.
Those wools were up to 8% higher in price with 30 to 32 micron lambs’ wool up to 4% dearer in Christchurch.
At Napier, better style second-shear crossbred wool was also keenly sought, North Island auctioneer Steve Fussell said.
Wools 35 microns and above generally fell in price by 2% to 3%.
CHRISTCHURCH
Full fleece, good-to-average colour. (all microns per kg clean): 26 micron, $10.60, up 3c; 27, $9.60, down 10c; 29, $7.12, up 3c; 31, $4.45, up 4c; 32, $4.12, up 5c; 33, $3.79, up 8c; 34, $3.72, up 7c; 35, $3.25, up 1c; 36, $3.11, down 1c; 37, $3.05, down 14c; 38, $2.90, down 11c; 39, $2.88, down 16c.
Crossbred second shear: 33 micron, 3 to 4 inches, $3.70, up 7c; 35, 3 to 4 inches, $3.17, down 5c; 2 to 3 inches, $2.72, down 12c; 37, 3 to 4 inches, $2.97, down 3c; 2 to 3 inches, $2.62, down 1c; 39, 3 to 5 inches, $2.89, down 7c; 3 to 4 inches, $2.85, down 9c; 2 to 3 inches, $2.60, down 8c.
Lambs’ wool: 27 micron, $7.80, up 52c; 28, $6.65, up 20c; 29, $5.94, up 7c; 30, $4.76, up 19c; 31, $4.08, up 14c.
NAPIER:
Full wool, good to average colour (all microns per kg clean): 33 micron, $3.71, up 1c; 34, $3.43, down 25c; 35, $3.11, down 21c; 36, $3.10; 37, $2.76; 38, $2.97, down 11c.
Crossbred second shear: 35 micron, 2 to 3 inches, $2.53; 37, 2 to 3 inches, $2.48, down 5c; 39, 2 to 3 inches, $2.54, up 17c.
Lambs’ wool: 28 micron, 2 to 3 inches, $7.18, up 30c; 29, 2 to 3 inches, $6.15, up 20c; 30, 2 to 3 inches, $5.92; 31, 2 to 3 inches, $5.06.
