The recent sale held by British Wool on 7 October 2025 saw “the most intense level of competition in the last decade”, with prices up by 14.2% on the mid-September sale and 22.5% ahead of the same sale a month earlier.

The average greasy wool sale price increased by 16% to £1.18 per kg.

The clearance was 99.6% with only one lot of speciality wool returned to stock. Of the 1,104t sold, 1,084t were from the 2025 season, and just 20t were from 2024 season wool.

All of British Wool’s main buyers were active, with UK, European and Chinese-focussed buyers competing to secure supplies.

British Wool’s intake volumes this season are currently running 3% lower year-on-year, and expectations are that total wool supply this season will to be below last year’s levels.

Confident

The CEO of British Wool, Andrew Hogley is confident strong demand will continue for wool throughout the selling season: “Sales in New Zealand over the last few weeks have also been very competitive with global market demand for quality cross-bred wools outstripping supply.

“If you still have wool on-farm, please contact us to arrange delivery to one of our collection centres or arrange to have it collected. By collectively marketing the clip, we can continue to promote and drive demand to deliver improved prices for NI wool”, he added.