NZ lamb wool price picks up as fewer wool bales offered at auction

NZ lamb wool price picks up as fewer wool bales offered at auction
Tina Morrison
By Tina Morrison Feb. 24 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand lamb wool prices picked up as the volume of bales offered for sale at auction declined. The price for 30-micron lamb wool increased to $3.90 a kilogram at yesterday's South Island auction, up from $3.55/kg last week, although it remains 42 percent below year-earlier levels and 29 percent down on the five-year average, according to AgriHQ. Other wool prices also lifted, with 35-micron fine crossbred fibre increasing to $3.85/kg from $3.75/kg, and stronger 39-micron crossbred wool lif...