The 2025/26 wool selling season resumed today after a week’s recess, with the 30th sale of the season taking place.
A total of 7 647 bales were on offer, after 472 bales were withdrawn prior to the sale. The offering mainly consisted of medium length wools, with 76% of the offering testing 20 micron and finer. Sustainably certified wools comprised 52,8% of the merino wools offered.
The market had a solid performance today, taking into account the stronger ZAR against the US$, with individual good quality clips performing well and achieving an overall sales clearance of 94,4%.
The all-merino indicator increased by 0,4% to close on R264,63 p/kg and the certified indicator gained 0,3% to close on R270,54 p/kg.
A highest price of R360,04 p/kg (clean) (R240,00 p/kg greasy) was paid for a single bale lot of 14,8-micron merino wool.
The Australian market eased by 0,6% (AU$) this week, compared to the previous sale held on Thursday, 30 April.
The major buyers on today’s sale were Standard Wool SA (1 531), Tianyu SA (1 414), BKB Pinnacle Fibres (1 363) and G Modiano SA (1 057).
The next sale will be held on 13 May 2026, when approximately 6 862 bales will be on offer.