The first day saw buyer confidence leave the market and all types and descriptions suffered corrections, generally between 10 and 40 cents.

The benchmark Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) fell 17 cents to close the day at 1495 cents.

Growers showed their resistance to accept the drop in prices.

The national passed in average in the fleece was over 15 per cent.

However, towards the end of the day in the Fremantle market, buyer confidence slowly returned.

In the last hour of selling, there was a slow but noticeable rise in prices.

The tone apparent in that last hour of selling was present from the first lot in Sydney and Melbourne on the second day and continued through to the final hammer in Fremantle.

The Eastern Market Indicator lifted by 6 cents to close the week at 1501 cents.

All types and descriptions regained some of the previous day’s losses although generally the entire micron range recorded net falls for the week of between 5 and 30 cents.

The skirting market again closely mirrored the fleece, on the first day prices generally fell 20 to 40 cents with higher vm lots (>4%) most affected.

The second day saw prices rebound on average 10 to 20 cents with FNF (<2.0%) enjoying the largest gains.

The crossbred market had a solid week compared to the merino sector with all crossbred types trading within 5 cents of levels achieved at the previous sale.

The oddment market also performed well with carding indicators rising by an average of 2 cents for the week.