WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
Week Ending 13th July, 2018
AWEX Northern Micron Indices Comparison
|
AWEX INDEX |
This Week S02/18 |
This Week M02/18 |
Last Sale S01/18 |
Sydney Change |
Last Year Sydney |
Sydney Yearly Change |
|
17 |
2793n |
2780 |
2827 n |
-34 |
2196 |
+597 |
|
18 |
2435 |
2443 |
2443 |
-8 |
2108 |
+327 |
|
19 |
2282 |
2269 |
2289 |
-7 |
1824 |
+458 |
|
20 |
2242 |
2246 |
2261 |
-19 |
1607 |
+635 |
|
21 |
2224n |
2239 |
2251 n |
-27 |
1530 |
+694 |
|
22 |
2199n |
2236 |
2268 (M) |
-32 (M) |
1477n |
+722 |
|
26 |
1519n |
1569n |
- |
- |
1108 |
+411 |
|
28 |
924 |
963 |
964 |
-40 |
766 |
+158 |
|
30 |
683n |
684 |
664 |
+19 |
560 |
+123 |
|
MC |
1435 |
1461n |
1470 |
-17 |
1139n |
+296 |
MARKET A BIT CHEAPER BUT STILL VERY GOOD
This sale was the final before the annual 3 week winter recess. 40,500 bales were on offer nationally down from 43,000 the week before. With just 2 sales done for the year, there is a differential of 13,000 bales fewer compared to last season. The market opened on a cheaper note but falls were not to the extent of the previous series. The market finished the week on a positive note as all fleece indicators clawed back some of the opening day’s losses. The AWEX EMI gave up 13 cents for the sale to finish on 1981. In US$ terms the fall equated to a 9 cent fall to 1462 as the FRX did fluctuate up to 74.75 at one stage before settling at last week’s level. Most microns (17.5 to 20) lost 10 to 20 cents with finer types below 17 and broader microns, 21 and coarser lost 30 cents - a good outcome when compared to the opening sale of the season.The losses in the skirting sector also slowed considerably when compared to S01. Most types lost 10 to 20 cents bar the limited selection of superior types with < 3% VM that were in buyers’ favour. Cardings also had similar falls to the skirting sector - 10 to 20 cents across the board. Crossbreds had a mixed sale as the finer microns below 28 retreated by up to 40 cents with broader microns dearer by 20 cents.
Not a bad result to end sales as some show floor talk had the market repeating last sale’s falls. Invariably, this was not the case as all participants like to see the market end on a reasonable note before an extended break. The pass-in rate was nearly halved as most brokers took a cautious approach to valuing this sale’s catalogues and we even sold a few passed-in lots from last sale gaining small increases. Even though the market has lost 92 cents over the past 3 sales from the peak of S51 (at 2073) we are still an amazing 30% or 459 cents higher than a year ago. As the table above illustrates, the biggest gains are in the 20/22 micron range averaging a 684 cent leap. These are incredible rises as buyers have become increasingly concerned about the lack of 80 to 100mm length wool in this micron range with the ongoing drought keeping a lot of sheep in the finer than 20 micron. The other standout micron was 26s, up by 411 cents.
As buyers catch their breath and plan their strategies for Spring they are under no illusions about the drought which is the worst since the early eighties and, in some areas, back to the sixties and the devastating effect on sheep numbers as most growers have cut numbers back to the bare essentials and now the tragic situation of having to offload scanned-in-lamb ewes, surely this rates as a natural disaster and Government intervention at the federal level should happen to save growers’ core breeders. This drought is far from over with the likelihood of easily accessible grain and hay to buy in the spring and summer is ever increasingly further and further away.
Ag Concepts Fwd Prices as at 13 July, 2018
|
Micron |
Date |
Low |
High |
|
21 |
10-Oct-18 |
2120 |
2120 |
|
21 |
12-Jun-19 |
1920 |
1930 |
Main Buyers (this week)
|
1 |
Techwool |
3632 |
2 |
Tianyu Wool |
3418 |
3 |
Fox & Lillie |
3342 |
|
4 |
Aus. Merino Exp. |
3247 |
5 |
Endeavour Wool |
3101 |
6 |
Seatech Ind. |
2900 |
|
7 |
Kathaytex Aus. |
2794 |
8 |
United Wool |
1616 |
9 |
PJ Morris |
933 |
|
Eastern Market Indicators (AUD cents/kg clean) 1981cents ê 13 cents compared with 6/7/2018 |
Northern Market Indicators (AUD cents/kg clean) 2013 cents ê 13 cents compared with 6/7/2018 |
|
AUD/USD Currency Exchange 0.7382 é 0.0005 compared with 6/7/2018 |
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