OFFICIAL NATIONAL WOOL
ISSUED BY WOOLPRO
NAPIER 30 MAY 2002
OVERVIEW:
Napier: Quotations eased as
the market continued to adjust to the upward currency movement.
The Final Indicators moved as follows:
Strong Indicator 436 cents, down 16
cents from 452 cents on the
OFFERING: Bales: 8,438
Clean tonnes: 1,110
COMPOSITION
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0.0% Specialty Fleece |
0.0% Merino Fleece |
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0.4% Halfbred Fleece |
4.6% Crossbred Fleece |
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0.4% Cotts |
73.3% Second Shear |
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3.5% Lambs |
0.6% Crutchings |
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0.0% Bulky Skirtings (Fine) |
0.7% Bulky Skirtings (Crossbred) |
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13.8% Second Shear Bellies and Pieces |
0.1% Second Pieces and Lox |
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The balance is made up of miscellaneous wools. |
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Passings of wool which failed to meet growers
price reserves amounted to 10 %.
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PRICE COMPARISONS |
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FOR THE NAPIER |
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Compared to |
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Fleece |
37/40 micron |
Nominally 2/4% cheaper |
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Second shear |
75/125mm & 75/100mm |
2/3% cheaper |
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50/100 & 75mm |
5/6% cheaper |
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50/75 & 25/75mm |
8/10% cheaper |
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Second shear oddments |
Average/Poor |
2.5% cheaper |
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Poor |
5% cheaper |
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1st lambs |
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Nominally 2.5% cheaper |
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2nd lambs |
Average/Poor |
Nominally 5/7.5% cheaper |
PRINCIPAL BUYERS: Masurel Fils
(NZ) Ltd – 2,127 bales, Brooksbank J S &
Co Ltd - 1,952 bales, Wool Direct Exports (NZ) Ltd - 894 bales, Michell
G H & Sons Pty Ltd - 698 bales,
NZ Wool Services Int Ltd - 440 bales, Nissho Roberts (NZ) Ltd - 344 bales.
The next wool auction will be in Napier on the
The following
represents average auction clean price quotations for representative types at
the most recent auction sales.
WOOL
MARKET PRICES TABLE TWO
(NZ cents per
kilogram clean)
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Previous Sale |
Today's Sale |
% |
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Date |
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Centre |
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Napier |
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Fine Indicator |
1157 |
- |
- |
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Medium Indicator |
795 |
- |
- |
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Strong Indicator |
452 |
436 |
-3 |
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Lamb Indicator |
486 |
- |
- |
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NZ$/US$ rate |
0.4730 |
0.4766 |
1 |
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NZ$/AUS$ rate |
0.8487 |
0.8483 |
0 |
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WTWI |
102.0 |
102.3 |
0 |
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Micron/Category |
Colour |
Length |
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Halfbred/Corriedale |
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25 fleece |
2.5 |
90 |
965 |
- |
- |
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27 fleece |
2.5 |
95 |
905 |
- |
- |
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29 fleece |
2.5 |
100 |
865 |
- |
- |
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31 fleece |
2.5 |
105 |
705 |
- |
- |
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28 pieces |
4.5 |
85 |
675 |
- |
- |
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28 bellies |
4.5 |
85 |
620 |
- |
- |
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28 lox |
4.0 |
50 |
320 |
- |
- |
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26 lambs |
1.5 |
50 |
660 |
- |
- |
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28 crutchings |
3.0 |
50 |
330 |
- |
- |
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Crossbred Full Fleece |
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33 fleece |
3.5 |
115 |
- |
- |
- |
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35 fleece |
3.5 |
125 |
- |
- |
- |
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35 fleece |
5.5 |
125 |
- |
- |
- |
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37 fleece |
3.5 |
125 |
480 |
470 |
-2 |
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37 fleece |
5.5 |
125 |
444 |
443 |
0 |
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39 fleece |
3.5 |
125 |
470 |
458 |
-3 |
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37 cott |
6.5 |
125 |
- |
- |
- |
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35 pieces |
8.5 |
100 |
354 |
350 |
-1 |
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35 bellies |
9.5 |
100 |
346 |
340 |
-2 |
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35 lox |
9.5 |
50 |
312 |
- |
- |
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Crossbred Second Shear |
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33 second shear |
3.5 |
65 |
- |
385 |
- |
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33 second shear |
3.5 |
50 |
- |
380 |
- |
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35 second shear |
3.5 |
75 |
- |
420 |
- |
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35 second shear |
3.5 |
65 |
- |
- |
- |
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37 second shear |
2.5 |
100 |
- |
- |
- |
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37 second shear |
5.5 |
100 |
- |
- |
- |
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37 second shear |
2.5 |
85 |
442 |
424 |
-4 |
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37 second shear |
5.5 |
85 |
394 |
- |
- |
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37 second shear |
2.5 |
75 |
- |
407 |
- |
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37 second shear |
2.5 |
65 |
426 |
395 |
-7 |
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37 second shear |
5.5 |
65 |
- |
- |
- |
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39 second shear |
3.5 |
100 |
432 |
430 |
0 |
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35 bellies/pieces |
9.5 |
65 |
- |
302 |
- |
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Lambswool |
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28 lambs |
2.0 |
65 |
- |
- |
- |
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29 lambs |
2.0 |
65 |
520 |
- |
- |
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29 lambs |
2.5 |
65 |
515 |
- |
- |
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30 lambs |
2.5 |
65 |
- |
- |
- |
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31 lambs |
2.5 |
65 |
- |
- |
- |
More quotes are available on the Woolnet web site.
All information in this report is verified to
the best of the author's ability. However, WoolPro does not accept
responsibility for any loss arising from reliance on it.
