Price premiums for high-bulk Perendale wools
K.H. Elliott
Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand (Inc.), Christchurch
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.
1984, 44: 41-44
Prices paid at 6 sales for Perendale fleece wool assessed as
having loose wool bulk values of 25 cm³/g or more have been analysed to
find what premiums were paid at auction for wools of high bulk.
Differences in the subjectively assessed bulk, mean fibre diameter and
staple length values together accounted for from 31 to69% of the
variation in clean wool prices. The price increased with increasing
bulk, fineness and length, ranging between sales from 0.3 to 5.5
cents/kg per cm³ change in bulk, 3.7 to 7.3 cents/kg per micron change
(decrease) in mean fibre diameter, and 3.2 to 9.1 cents/kg per 10 mm
change in staple length. Implications of these results for flip
preparation, shearing practices, and breeding are discussed.
Keywords: NZSAPAB;
Wool; prices; bulk; fibre diameter; microns; staple length;
fleece weight; Perendale; clip preparation; classing
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