Yikes! Shorn wool production in the United States during 2020 was 23.1 million pounds, down 4 percent from 2019. * Weekly rate is based on the current price ** weights = 7/30 for each of the 4 most recent weeks plus 2/30 for the earliest week 2020 Graded Wool Posted prices (per pound, clean basis) 30-Day = Weighted ** Average of 30-Day = Weighted ** Average of 30-Day = Weighted ** Average of Sheep and lambs shorn totaled 3.28 million head, down 1 percent from 2019. The general consensus at the conference was that wool prices are likely to remain volatile for the next few months and possibly into 2020 before a more sustained and modest improvement will occur. Wool Market Report and Price Trend Wool Highlights from 21 Dec,2020 - 01 Jan,2021 Australian wool sales were closed for three weeks holiday and it would reopen on 11th January 2021. It allows comparing projections for a specific commodity from different sources: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and Food and Agriculture Organization. These are two fleeces I saved back from shearing ewe lambs. Sales Number : Date : Price (Greasy) Price (Clean) BW121: 27/04/21: 67p/kg: 100p/kg: BW120: 13/04/21 The buyer said the price bottomed out in March and has stayed low since then. This year it will be less than $0.20 per pound. The Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) price for wool is forecast to average 1,300 cents per kilogram clean in 2021–22. Last year our average price was $0.34 per pound. Lower consumer demand and supply-chain disruptions throughout 2020 reduced demand for wool in textile manufacturing. The average price paid for wool sold in 2020 was $1.66 per pound for a total value of 38.4 million dollars, down 15 percent from 45.4 million dollars in 2019. This page presents forecasts of prices of various commodities: energy, food, agricultural raw materials, grains, fertilizers, metals including steel, platinum, lead, iron ore. This is a 12% increase from 2020–21 but remains 33% lower than the peak in 2018–19. Clean and greasy wool prices are now at $4 and $2 per pound, respectively, with no signs of prices holding. ... “Spring 2019 wool won’t be in a garment until fall 2020,” he said. This is a change of -12.17% from one year ago. Posts Tagged: Wool Prices Farmers’ views: ‘If you had to travel to get rid of the wool you wouldn’t get the price of the diesel back’ September 20, 2020 US Wool Price Received is at a current level of 1.66, down from 1.89 one year ago. Update for 2020: we sold the last of our wool this summer and the price was $0.02 per pound. Most farmers sell their fleeces through British Wool, formerly the British Wool Marketing Board.