The 26th sale of the 2025/2026 wool season took place this week, with a smaller offering of 6 603 bales, with 44,9% of the merino wools on offer being sustainably certified. Due to the composition of the offering, a lower overall sales clearance of 87,9% was achieved.

The offering mainly consisted of medium to long length wools, with 66% of the offering testing 20 micron and finer. 

The market once again followed the downward trend in the Australian market, despite the weakening of the South African currency against the US$.

The all-merino indicator closed down by 1,4% on R245,43 p/kg and the certified indicator eased by 1,4% to close on R250,10 p/kg.

A highest price of R334,96 p/kg (clean)(R233,00 p/kg greasy) was paid for a single bale lot of 16,2 micron merino wool.

The Australian market decreased by 1,9%(AUS$) from the previous auction held on Wednesday, 18 March 2026.

The major buyers on today’s sale were G Modiano SA (1 499), Standard Wool SA (1 005), BKB Pinnacle Fibres (926) and Tianyu SA (765).

The next sale will be held on 1 April 2026, when approximately 5 862 bales will be on offer.