On the crossbred side there was a large and high-class offering of mainly pre-lamb shorn wool.
At the finer end 30 to 35 microns prices were 3% to 8% higher, and 35.1 microns and above were 2% to 4% dearer. The same move was made by crossbred second-shear and crossbred oddments were up 5% to 7%. For mid microns 23 to 27 prices were also up to 7% firmer and 27 to 30 microns was 3% to 4% dearer. Merino wools were up by 5% to 9%. The pass-in rate was 5%.
Price: in micron price per kg/clean were: Full wool: 25 micron, $18.20, up 5c; 26, $15.40, up 10c; 27, $13.34, up 30c; 28, $10.00, up 15c; 29, $8.67, up 55c; 30, $7.66, up 30c; 31, $5.75, up 42c; 32, $4.82, up 50c; 33, $4.60,
up 59c; 34, $4.40, up 55c; 35, $3.83, up 21c; 36, $3.58, up 4c; 37, $3.60, up 10c; 38, $3.54, up 7c; 39, $3.57, up 10c.
Crossbred second shear: 33 micron, 3 to 4 inches, $4.24, up 40c; 2 to 3 inches, $3.95, up 27c; 35, 3 to 4 inches, $3.60, up 12c; 2 to 3 inches, $3.24, up 6c; 37, 3 to 4 inches, $3.48, up 4c; 2 to 3 inches, $3.20, up 4c; 39, 3 to 5 inches, $3.48, up 13c; 3 to 4 inches, $3.46, up 6c; 2 to 3 inches, $3.18, up 2c.
Merino, best/good topmaking: 15 micron, $44.00; 16, $35.80; 17, $31.57; 18, $28.37, up $1.27; 19, $26.86, up 36c; 20, $25.70, up 3c; 21, $23.75, down 65c; 22, $23.50, down 60c.