MAINNational Wool Market Report

Season: 2025/26
Catalogue: 31
Date: 13/05/2026
Port Elizabeth

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The 31st sale of the 2025/2026 wool season took place this week, with a total offering of 6 764 bales, with an overall sales clearance of 94,25%.

The offering mainly consisted of fine micron wools, with 70% testing 20 micron and finer and 57,4% of the merino wools on offer being certified.

Despite the Rand weakening against the US$, the market remained steady.

The all-merino indicator weakened by 0,3% to close at R263,96 p/kg and the certified indicator gained 0,3% to close on R271,24 p/kg.

A highest price of R346,88 p/kg (clean) (R249,10 p/kg greasy) was paid for a single bale lot of 18,1-micron merino wool.

The Australian market decreased by 0,53%(AUS$) from the previous auction held on 6 May 2026.

The major buyers on today’s sale were G Modiano SA (1 338), Standard Wool SA (1 273), Tianyu SA (1 104) and BKB Pinnacle Fibres (784).

The next sale will be held on 20 May 2026, when approximately 5 226 bales will be on offer.

 

Key Indicators
SA Merino Indicator Exchange Rates *
Indicator Unit This Sale Prior Sale % Change Currency This Sale Prior Sale % Change
SA c/kg Clean All Merino 26396 26463
0,3 %
ZAR/US$ * 16,44 16,39
0,31 %
US c/kg Clean All Merino 1606 1615
0,56 %
ZAR/Euro * 19,23 19,23 0 %
Euro c/kg Clean All Merino 1373 1376
0,22 %
ZAR/JPY¥ * 9,60 9,54
0,63 %
SA c/kg Clean Certified ** 27124 27054
0,3 %
ZAR/UK Pound * 22,20 22,29
0,40 %
US c/kg Clean Certified ** 1650 1651
0,06 %
USD/AUD * 0,7222 0,7230
0,11 %
Euro c/kg Clean Certified ** 1411 1407
0,28 %
AWEX EMI c/kg Clean 1876 1886
0,53 %
Percentage Difference (Weighted): Non‑Certified and Certified Merino Fleece Wools Sold ***
7,54 %
* Exchange rate values quoted above is based on an average of rate points recorded for the duration of the sale.
** Certified Sustainable Wool: Includes Responsible Wool Standard & Sustainable Cape Wool Standard.
*** Selection: Merino Fleece | MF4 & MF5 | VM < 1,6 | NKT > 28 | >67mm | Minimum of 3 Lots Sold

 

Merino Fleece | MF4 & MF5 | VM < 1,6 | NKT > 28 | >67mm | Minimum of 3 Lots Sold
Percentage Difference Between All Non-Certified and Certified Merino Fleece Wools Sold (Average Price) - 202531
Micron Category 17.0 17.5 18.0 18.5 19.0 19.5 20.0 20.5 21.0 21.5 22.0
Non-Certified Wool (R) Clean 306,57 299,84 296,12 287,24 277,60 268,83 257,17 252,04 251,54 249,02 247,63
Certified Wool (R) Clean 329,47 325,99 314,25 308,33 296,88 282,63 277,80 273,44 271,67 266,07 258,46
% Difference
7,47 %
8,72 %
6,12 %
7,34 %
6,95 %
5,13 %
8,02 %
8,49 %
8,00 %
6,85 %
4,37 %
Merino Wool Indicator excluding Certified Certified Wools (R/kg Clean) 0,00
* Certified Sustainable Wool: Includes Responsible Wool Standard & Sustainable Cape Wool Standard.

 

* Certified Sustainable Wool (Bales)
% Share **
Total All Wool Merino Wool
Offered 3 611 52,7 % 57,4 %
Sold 3 580 55,5 % 56,9 %
* Certified Sustainable Wool: Includes Responsible Wool Standard & Sustainable Cape Wool Standard.
** Calculated on unique sustainable standard identifiers

 

Sale Statistics (Greasy)
This Sale Accumulative
This Week Previous Week This Season Previous Season (202431)
Turnover (R) 158 621 729 168 172 189 4 499 701 550 3 693 886 413
# Bales 6 375 7 219 238 867 260 104
Mass (kg) 1 026 899 1 143 935 37 249 742 40 105 498

 

Wool Receivals Declared (Greasy)
Current Season Mass (kg) Previous Season Mass (kg) % Change (Y-o-Y)
2025/26 42 230 696 2024/25 43 931 037
3,9 %

 

Offering Analysis (Bales)
Description Catalogue Offering Withdrawn before Sale Wool Offered Withdrawn during Sale Passed Not Sold Sold % Sold
BKB 5429 101 5 328 27 254 359 4 942 92,76 %
CMW 1162 0 1 162 0 0 3 1 159 99,74 %
JLW 274 0 274 0 0 0 274 100 %
MAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN %
QWB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN %
 
This Week 6865 101 6 764 27 254 362 6 375 94,25 %
Previous Week 7726 472 7 254 0 210 367 6 887 94,94 %

 

Buyer Purchases (Bales - Greasy)
Bales
Company This Sale % Share Bales (YTD)
G Modiano SA 1 338 20,99 % 42 003
Standard Wool SA 1 273 19,97 % 40 995
Tianyu SA 1 104 17,32 % 41 625
BKB Pinnacle Fibres 784 12,3 % 55 639
Stucken & Co 688 10,79 % 30 849
Segard Masurel SA 615 9,65 % 13 205
Lempriere SA 468 7,34 % 11 940
VBC Wool SA 105 1,65 % 2 611

 

Sale Analysis (Length, Micron & Class - Bales)
This Sale Previous Sale Accumulative
Offered Sold % Sold Offered Sold % Sold Offered Sold % Sold
All Wool
Length
Long 3 352 3 118 93,02 % 3 341 3 086 92,37 % 140 713 139 128 98,87 %
Medium 2 866 2 755 96,13 % 3 703 3 546 95,76 % 84 408 83 093 98,44 %
Short 541 501 92,61 % 583 568 97,43 % 16 472 15 853 96,24 %
Mixed 4 1 25 % 13 12 92,31 % 10 290 704 6,84 %
Micron
Fine Wool: =< 20 Micron 4 781 4 562 95,42 % 5 801 5 468 94,26 % 166 227 159 101 95,71 %
Medium: 20.1 to 22 1 599 1 462 91,43 % 1 468 1 389 94,62 % 69 823 64 546 92,44 %
Strong: 22.1 to 24 287 262 91,29 % 239 227 94,98 % 10 924 10 406 95,26 %
Over Strong: > 24.1 97 89 91,75 % 139 135 97,12 % 5 094 4 814 94,5 %
Class
Fleeces 4 671 4 488 96,08 % 5 318 5 064 95,22 % 174 140 172 142 98,85 %
Bellies 710 601 84,65 % 841 727 86,44 % 24 042 23 371 97,21 %
Pieces 865 805 93,06 % 877 844 96,24 % 27 041 26 598 98,36 %
Locks 513 480 93,57 % 591 565 95,6 % 16 376 15 969 97,51 %
Other 5 1 20 % 20 19 95 % 10 469 787 7,52 %

 

Analysis of Bales Sold (Micron, Length & Style)
<=18.0 18.5 19.0 19.5 20.0 20.5 21.0 21.5 22.0 >=22.5
Length
Long 158 362 497 526 472 316 183 132 103 69
Medium 309 359 415 377 280 156 137 96 50 22
Short 123 113 62 18 37 11 8 1 6 0
Mixed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Style (AWEX)
Style 4 & Better 174 240 302 243 286 222 193 81 84 35
Style 5 303 402 432 421 363 188 106 91 45 29
Style 6 113 179 203 211 121 49 26 35 30 23
Style 7 & Poorer 0 13 37 46 19 24 3 22 0 4

 

Average price of Wool Sold (Micron, Style & Length - Clean)
17.0 17.5 18.0 18.5 19.0 19.5 20.0 20.5 21.0 21.5 22.0
Merino Fleece, AWEX Style 4 - MF4
40 mm Non-Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
50 mm Non-Certified 0,00 253,81 250,18 260,30 253,23 231,68 0,00 0,00 216,63 0,00 0,00
Certified 281,54 277,69 274,96 265,11 254,51 241,19 236,79 231,33 226,22 234,51 224,22
60 mm Non-Certified 0,00 283,20 0,00 269,25 264,85 251,18 267,88 248,90 0,00 231,04 0,00
Certified 316,92 303,99 295,61 285,57 280,98 268,11 261,60 255,95 251,34 241,57 0,00
70 mm Non-Certified 304,89 302,46 292,65 283,30 277,74 0,00 258,24 254,04 0,00 0,00 249,10
Certified 319,51 298,01 331,93 313,26 306,29 289,18 277,74 276,29 272,23 269,59 263,10
80 mm Non-Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 293,03 0,00 266,38 0,00 231,44 234,29 0,00 0,00
Certified 0,00 321,66 327,82 313,13 290,67 294,62 288,73 0,00 0,00 0,00 258,50
Merino Fleece, AWEX Style 5 - MF5
40 mm Non-Certified 202,30 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Certified 258,82 241,15 0,00 0,00 238,94 198,06 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
50 mm Non-Certified 265,01 258,94 253,19 249,94 248,54 220,77 219,58 215,32 208,78 0,00 0,00
Certified 275,19 265,95 278,44 260,07 248,93 244,62 241,57 215,37 0,00 0,00 0,00
60 mm Non-Certified 284,39 280,99 276,26 264,89 256,18 249,57 0,00 235,42 237,32 228,95 231,38
Certified 0,00 297,17 285,52 285,85 270,18 268,69 0,00 258,81 253,73 242,69 0,00
70 mm Non-Certified 304,47 274,95 283,87 272,82 253,24 251,01 248,16 251,36 247,00 0,00 0,00
Certified 328,06 0,00 304,17 305,63 284,90 269,00 262,66 269,91 257,48 262,31 247,70
80 mm Non-Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 253,02 238,16 226,84 231,74 0,00 0,00 0,00
Certified 0,00 322,41 0,00 290,06 278,18 0,00 268,78 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Merino Fleece, AWEX Style 6 - MF6
40 mm Non-Certified 203,79 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 196,84 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 193,63 0,00 0,00 0,00 190,81 0,00 0,00
50 mm Non-Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 239,79 195,31 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
60 mm Non-Certified 0,00 0,00 222,82 222,03 213,32 209,68 196,77 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 210,50 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
70 mm Non-Certified 253,08 245,21 0,00 246,64 240,25 232,60 202,87 229,84 0,00 242,17 0,00
Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
80 mm Non-Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Certified 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
* Certified Sustainable Wool: Includes Responsible Wool Standard & Sustainable Cape Wool Standard.

 

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