On the 33rd wool auction of the 2020/2021 sale season, the merino wool market indicator increased by 1,7% to close on 16022c per kg clean wool. The average clean wool market indicators for good quality long fleece wool (MF4/MF5) with a tenstile strength of 35 (NKT) were as follows:
| Fibrediameter (µ) | CWP* PM** | Fibrediameter (µ) | CWP* | PM** | *Clean wool price **Price movement |
| 18 µ | 21630 (+3,5%) | 21 µ | 14564 | (+1,3%) | |
| 19 µ | 18789 (+2,2%) | 22 µ | 13713 | (+0,7%) | |
| 20 µ | 15501 (+1,0%) | 23 µ |
The key buyers on the sale were: Standard Wool (2,484 bales), Lempriere Wool Services SA (2,188 bales)G Modiano (2,027 bales). Of the 9,918 bales offered 9,493 bales were declared sold (95%). Highest prices achieved on the BKB auction were as follows:
| TOP 10 BKB PORT ELIZABETH | ||||||||||||
| Name | Scheme | Area | Descr. | AWEX Type | Mic | Clean | NKT | Price | ||||
| 1. EC Hatting | RWS | Lady Grey | AH | MWF4S.100 | 16.5µ | 70.4% | 32 | 20350c | ||||
| 2. EC Hatting | RWS | Lady Grey | AFH | MWF5S.93 | 16.1µ | 69.2% | 27 | 20310c | ||||
| 3. RM Small | RWS | Barkly East | TDRH | MWF5S.82 | 15.9µ | 67.4% | 24 | 20200c | ||||
| 4. RM Small | RWS | Barkly East | BMH | MWF4S.78 | 16.1µ | 67.9% | 31 | 20110c | ||||
| 5. RM Small | RWS | Barkly East | NKSH | MP5S.83 | 16.7µ | 71.5% | 35 | 19800c | ||||
| 6. Stefan Naude Trust | RWS | Hanover | DL | MLF4S.40 | 16.4µ | 70.7% | 19400c | |||||
| 7. Rustfontein De Aar Bdy Bk | RWS | De Aar | BBH | MWF4S.73 | 16.1µ | 64.9% | 34 | 19120c | ||||
| 8. SJ Van Der Walt | RWS | Adelaide | CL | MWF4S.63 | 17.0µ | 72.4% | 52 | 19100c | ||||
| 9. N Cockcroft | RWS | Ermelo | DL | MLF5S.40 | 16.3µ | 76.0% | 18720c | |||||
| 10. SJ Van Der Walt | RWS | Adelaide | BH | MWF4S.77 | 17.3µ | 73.3% | 41 | 18700c | ||||
The next auction will take place on the 9th June 2021.
