Crossbred lamb numbers eased slightly on the previous week, selling from $111-$181, to average $156/head, back $4 for the 9,693 head offered.

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The key frustration of the wool industry remains the bottleneck in logistics, specifically sea freight and containerisation. In turn, these factors have added crippling financial pressures to the exporters extending their funding cycles to double or even triple, and severely limiting exporters capacity to purchase freely each week.

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It’s now time to consider nominating a worthy recipient for the 2022 Australian Wool Industry Medal.

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Crossbred lambs were the only category to register higher prices week on week with prices rising $9 on the previous week to average $157/head – at a 71% clearance across the 7,365 head offered.

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Merino sheep with superior skin and wool traits have been mooted by SRS woolgrowers as a solution to one of the biggest crises in the history of the wool industry.

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The wool market opened with news of the South African wool sales being cancelled as news circulated of the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease and the subsequent ban of SA wool exports in to the largest market, China.

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The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is reviewing sheep exports by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere Summer (1 May to 31 October).

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WoolProducers will assess opportunities for domestic and diversified wool processing under the Australian Trade and Market Access Cooperation (ATMAC) program.

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Merino wether lambs recorded the largest offering for the second consecutive week, accounting for 22% of total listings, at 14,364 head.

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The wool market continued to trend lower, opening cautiously on Tuesday, posting a loss of 14c as buyers price levels wound back from last week’s levels.

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WoolProducers Australia is offering three more on-line Australian Institute of Company Director (AICD) - Company Director courses and are calling for nominations under our ‘Raising the Baa’ Leadership in Agriculture Program.

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The AWI project to develop a system that delivers sheep directly to the shearer, thereby eliminating the catch and drag from the pen, is progressing well. In addition to the ‘automatic module’, a simpler and cheaper ‘manual module’ is also being developed.

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