COMMENTS / AANMERKING:

This week is a crucial week for the wool and mohair industry. The first big sales of the new selling season kicked off, in the mohair industry. Everybody is waiting to see what the financial impact of the trade war between China and the USA is going to have on the industries. The mohair industry was the first one on the block to have a sale. On the auction, the price of strong young goats and adults dropped substantially, with brokers supporting the adult prices at R200.00/kg level. The kid market flourished, and a new highest price was achieved at R515.10/kg. This was for a bale testing at 24 microns with a clean yield of 88%, of Gert Smith from Willowmore. It is not just doom and gloom, as fine mohair is performing well and the pipeline for mohair is not overflowing, recovery is on the drawcard.

This report was compiled by Pierre van der Vyver, General Manager; The House of Fibre.

Hierdie week is ‘n kritiese week vir die wol- en sybokhaarberyf. Die eerste groot veilings van die nuwe verkoopsseisoen skop vir altwee bedrywe af. Almal wag op hete kole om die effek van die handelsoorlog tussen Sjina en die VSA se effek op ons tekstielmark te sien. Die grootbokhaar- en sterk jongbokhaarmark het swaar getrek, wat die makelaars gedwing het om die mark te ondersteun op die R200.00/kg vlak. Die kleinbokkiemark het egter geblom met ‘n nuwe hoogste prys van R515.10/kg! Dit was vir ‘n 24 mikron baal met ‘n skoonopbrengs van 88%. Die verkoper was Gert Smith van Willomore. Die mark is nie totaal in sak en as nie. Die pyplyn vir sybokhaar is redelik leeg. Die fyner haar verkoop klaar goed, so ‘n herstel in die mark behoort nie te ver in die toekoms te wees nie.

Hierdie verslag is saamgestel deur Pierre van der Vyver, Algemene Bestuurder; The House of Fibre.

 

INDICATOR PRICE MOVEMENT / MARKAANWYSER

 

KIDS : R 415.41 (+1 %)
YOUNG GOATS : R 261.74 (-13 %)
ADULTS : R 201.10 (-14 %)
OVERALL : R 222.10 (-10 %)

 

LOT REPRESENTATION / LOT VERKOPE

 

OFFERED : 402
SOLD : 349
CLEARED : 87%

 

MICRON PRICE MOVEMENT / MIKRON PRYSBEWEGING

 

24/5 MIC : R 485.00
26/7 MIC : R 440.00
28/9 MIC : R 354.00
30/1 MIC : R 305.00
32/3 MIC : R 212.00
34/5/6 MIC : R 200.00
37/8 MIC : R 190.00

 

BEST PRICES / HOOGSTE PRYSE

 

WINTER KIDS / KLEINBOK

 

GJ Smith, Willowmore: R 515.10 /kg
MW Truter, Oudtshoorn: R 505.00 /kg
House of Fibre Binning: R 502.90 /kg
De Wet Boerdery, Aberdeen: R 501.00 /kg
Voigro Trading, Graaf- Reinet: R 490.00 /kg
Bramla Trust, Prins Albert: R 490.00 /kg

 

WINTER YOUNG GOATS / JONGBOK

 

Beervlei Boerdery, Willowmore: R 350.10 /kg
PAB Snyman, Rietbron: R 350.00 /kg
GHP Phillips, Tarkastad: R 345.10 /kg
House of Fibre Binning: R 345.00 /kg
Bramla Trust, Prins Albert: R 345.00 /kg
G + L Snyman Boerdery, Cradock: R 341.00 /kg

 

ADULTS / GROOTBOK

 

GHP Phillips, Tarkastad: R 258.00 /kg
KH Phillips, Tarkastad: R 241.00 /kg
Bramla Trust, Prins Albert: R 240.00 /kg
House of Fibre Binning: R 235.00 /kg
Richard Herold cc, Graaf- Reinet: R 225.00 /kg