Prices finished on a hesitant note at the wool sale in Christchurch yesterday, poorer-coloured crossbred ewe wool being most affected.
Buyers' purchases were largely for immediate scouring orders with more active bidding for well-prepared and better-coloured fleece wool, Dave Burridge, of PGG Wrightson Wool, said.
Well-styled crossbred ewe fleece dropped 1%, while poorer styles were down 2%-4%. Crossbred hogget and crossbred finer ewe fleece (34 micron and finer) were largely unchanged.
Roger Fuller, of Elders Primary Wool, said lamb's wool also attracted good demand.
There was limited activity, principally from China, Australasia and India supported by Western Europe, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.
A range of prices.- W.J. Stevenson Trust (Otago), 28 bales Romney hogget, 32.7 micron, 77% yield, 418 greasy, 542 clean; A.B. Sutton (Otago), 16 bales Romney hogget, 37.5 micron, 74.5% yield, 375 greasy, 503 clean; S. Stevenson (Otago), 59 bales Romney 2-tooth, 34.5 micron, 73.8% yield, 369 greasy, 500 clean; Melville S.J. Ltd (Otago), 31 bales Romney AA, 35 micron, 74.8% yield, 385 greasy, 515 clean; Ashdown Farm Ltd (Otago), six bales Perendale lambs, 29.5 micron, 78.7% yield, 439 greasy, 558 clean; R. and M. Ruxton (Otago), 20 bales Perendale lambs, 29 micron, 82.1% yield, 480 greasy, 585 clean; Hopehill (Otago), nine bales crossbred lambs AA, 29.7 micron, 80.1% yield, 433 greasy, 540 clean; H.R. Harrex Partnership (Lawrence), 11 bales Romney hogget AA, 33.8 micron, 74.6% yield, 412 greasy, 552 clean; Te Puna Farm (Lawrence), 16 bales crossbred hogget AA, 30.7 micron, 72% yield, 458 greasy, 636 clean; Mt Burke Station Ltd (Wanaka), 42 bales Perendale AA, 35.2 micron, 72.8% yield, 374 greasy, 514 clean; Telford Farm Training (Balclutha), 24 bales crossbred AA, 35.8 micron, 73.6% yield, 393 greasy, 534 clean.
