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BKB — wool auctions Gqeberha: auction in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)

BKB operates wool auctions with supporting facilities in Gqeberha, also known as Port Elizabeth. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa.

AGR-375 · Auction · Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa · ZAR

BKB operates wool auctions with supporting facilities in Gqeberha, also known as Port Elizabeth. The operator describes bale intake, identification, weighing, sampling and preparation for sale. Producers gain a route to professional buyers, while purchasers can select lots with specified characteristics. The fibre division’s office provides a contact point for arranging the handling of an actual consignment.

The report for auction 33 on 11 June 2025, in the 2024/25 season, records 6,340 bales offered by BKB and 6,236 sold. These figures concern this operator’s offering during one session, not all brokers or the full season. Bale counts have not been converted into kilograms because actual weights would be required. Keeping offered and sold quantities separate avoids presenting every catalogued lot as a completed transaction.

BKB publishes price reports, including one dated 28 October 2026. Reading these requires attention to fibre diameter, quality class and the distinction between RWS and non-RWS categories. The pricing basis also matters: a clean-wool indicator and a greasy-wool price do not describe the same product-weight basis. They should not be compared without accounting for yield.

Buyers should define the required micron range, length and other fibre characteristics for their production process. We recommend comparing test documentation, lot weight and delivery terms. A lower price per kilogram of raw wool may not produce a lower cost of usable fibre after processing. Where certification matters, check the documents for the actual lot rather than assuming that the operator’s entire assortment carries an identical status. The buying specification should connect the reported measurements with the intended manufacturing use.

Sellers should agree bale preparation and marking, delivery timing, classification and handling-cost settlement. Buyers should confirm auction admission, payment, collection location and export dispatch arrangements where relevant. A valuation should preserve the currency, unit and measurement basis used in the report. Public results are useful for planning a sale or purchase but do not reserve stock or confirm that the same combination of characteristics will be available at the next session. Keeping a dated lot-level record also helps distinguish changes in market prices from changes in the quality or yield of the wool being compared.

What is priced: Livestock and meat, Wool, hides, fibres and other commodities

Products and quotations

Merino; Dohne Merino; Mutton Merino and crossbred wool

Sources

All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources