The 11th sale of the 2025/26 wool selling season took place this week, with an offering of 9 301 bales, after 737 bales were withdrawn prior to the sale.
The bulk of the offering consisted of fine micron, long length wools, with 48,8% of the merino wools on offer being sustainably certified.
The market had a better performance this week, which was mostly attributable to the weaker ZAR against the US$.
The finer micron categories, especially sustainably certified merino wools, performed better than the market average, with an overall sales clearance of 96,4%.
The all-merino indicator rose by 1,2% to close on R196,16 p/kg and the certified indicator increased by 1,7% to close on R204,01 p/kg.
A highest price of R276,50 p/kg (clean) was paid for a single bale lot of 16-micron merino fleece wool.
The Australian market edged up 0,2% (AU$) this week from their previous sale held on Wednesday,29 October, but also experienced negative returns in US$ terms.
The major buyers on today’s sale were Tianyu SA (2 071), BKB Pinnacle Fibres (2 004), G Modiano SA (1 607) and Standard Wool SA (1 573).
The next sale will be held on 12 November 2025 when approximately 9 636 bales will be on offer.