The latest on the Australian wool market Season 2025/2026 Week 51, direct from the Elders wool team.
The Australian wool market has had another overall rise in this series, pushing closer to all time highs.
It was just Sydney and Melbourne in operation this week. As a result the national quantity fell to 21,251 bales. This was the smallest national offering since June last year.
By the end of the first day in the merino fleece, the Micron Price Guides (MPGs) movements ranged between minus 15 and plus 37 cents. The crossbred sector had another day of strong gains, in Melbourne the crossbred MPGs added between 10 and 30 cents.
These rises helped the EMI record the positive result that it did. The benchmark Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose by 9 cents.
In welcome news, although currency movement again played a part, the EMI had a larger rise in US dollar terms. The EMI added 17 US cents for the day.
On the second day the merino fleece market again performed with varied results. The MPGs closed the day with movements ranging between minus 25 and plus 17 cents. Again, the crossbred sector was the standout performer.
In the South the crossbred added another 5 to 33 cents, resulting in large overall gains for the week. The EMI added 1 cent for the day, finishing the day and the series at 1,989 cents.
With only one sale left in the 2025/26 wool selling season, the EMI has made tremendous gains. The EMI was 1,207 cents twelve months ago, over the course of the season the EMI has added 782 cents, an increase of 64.8 per cent.
In USD terms the EMI was 784 US cents twelve months ago and has since added 621 US cents, an increase of 79.3 per cent.
Next week Fremantle returns to the roster for the final sale of the 2025/26 wool selling season. Currently it is expected to be 27,697 bales on offer in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
Table showing wool prices to 18 June 2026
Graph showing Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) to 18 June 2026
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