Wool price history, 1992 to 2026

Wool, fine 19 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot averaged 1,595¢/kg in August 2026, +60% over twelve months and +40% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was 1,865¢/kg in June 2011; in 2024 dollars the real peak was 2,603¢/kg in June 2011. Monthly averages, IMF PCPS.

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Wool, fine 19 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spotWool, coarse 23 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot

Dashed lines: Asian financial crisis begins (Jul 1997); September 11 attacks (Sep 2001); Lehman Brothers collapse (Sep 2008); Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident (Mar 2011); OPEC holds output steady amid oversupply (Nov 2014); COVID-19 declared a pandemic (Mar 2020); Russia invades Ukraine (Feb 2022); Israel-Hamas war begins (Oct 2023). Hover a line for the source of its date.

Derived price statistics per series
Series	Latest	1 month	12 months	5 years	10 years	20 years	All-time high (nominal)	All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
Wool, fine 19 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot ¢/kg, since 1992	1,595 August 2026	-0%	+60%	+31%	+40%	+122%	1,865 June 2011	2,603 June 2011
Wool, coarse 23 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot ¢/kg, since 1992	1,464 August 2026	-1%	+53%	+66%	+34%	+174%	1,690 June 2018	2,112 June 2018

Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.

Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how wool is priced.

Monthly wool prices by decade

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Wool, fine 19 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot (¢/kg)

Wool, fine 19 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot monthly prices, 1990s, ¢/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1992	619.4	655.8	667.9	667.7	663.1	633.9	595.3	568.9	572.7	535.3	508	512.9	600.1
1993	495.2	469.4	469.4	429.7	468.1	470.1	464.9	450.7	423.5	454.8	497.8	465.4	463.3
1994	542.3	606	609.6	645.8	719.6	779.4	773.5	806.8	876.1	824.6	881.7	878.4	745.3
1995	904.2	892.3	887.1	867.9	839.3	826.1	751.1	789.2	733	622.1	600.9	590.5	775.3
1996	584.4	525.3	573.8	597.7	743.5	701.4	671.4	751.7	738.3	681.6	617	632.9	651.6
1997	677.7	731	719.7	764.2	805	829.3	826.3	765.9	801.9	769.2	739.9	688.1	759.8
1998	636.1	631.7	625.9	627.8	606.1	595.3	583.1	500.2	462.9	417.5	472.3	474.8	552.8
1999	489.1	493.1	626.6	680.4	620.3	676.7	690	631	623.3	619.8	631.7	648.8	619.2

Wool, fine 19 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot monthly prices, 2000s, ¢/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	724.2	727.1	767.3	801.4	817.7	764.3	746.9	717.3	695.9	688.4	663.5	688.4	733.5
2001	716.1	733.3	688.2	760.6	716.8	683.8	630.8	617.9	524.2	442	466.1	501.4	623.4
2002	599.5	622	607.6	614.6	619.1	603.1	569.1	575.7	642.4	748.2	768.4	763.2	644.4
2003	794.7	777.3	735.3	732	680.8	700.4	662.9	670.9	674.5	664.4	646.5	661.6	700.1
2004	735.4	721.5	708.7	706.1	701.9	708.5	723.4	714.3	703.6	719	736	715.6	716.2
2005	730.2	734.7	728.4	729.2	717.1	684.6	681.6	664.7	647.4	622.6	593.7	588.8	676.9
2006	639.2	709.7	698.7	697.7	732.2	714.5	704.8	717.6	704.9	690.7	790.3	790.7	715.9
2007	893.7	875.6	914	940.4	989.1	987.7	936.3	914.1	943.1	1,081	1,103	1,097	972.9
2008	1,157	1,154	1,136	1,130	1,062	1,041	1,048	941.7	896.8	734.9	646.6	666.4	967.9
2009	623.3	586.3	617.1	686.9	761.3	741.7	763.6	822.6	867.6	944.8	953.9	970.1	778.3

Wool, fine 19 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot monthly prices, 2010s, ¢/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	1,003	972.8	1,004	991.8	919.4	919.5	918.4	935.6	988.2	1,085	1,169	1,266	1,014
2011	1,549	1,633	1,703	1,744	1,793	1,865	1,776	1,656	1,593	1,431	1,469	1,439	1,638
2012	1,502	1,561	1,540	1,437	1,340	1,285	1,298	1,192	1,149	1,205	1,259	1,354	1,344
2013	1,393	1,375	1,324	1,209	1,158	1,118	1,025	1,031	1,159	1,199	1,190	1,198	1,198
2014	1,147	1,117	1,078	1,088	1,097	1,073	1,078	1,070	1,057	1,044	1,042	1,014	1,075
2015	967	946.9	929.5	993.7	1,115	1,148	1,022	1,023	966.7	956.1	1,002	1,026	1,008
2016	1,013	1,017	1,036	1,088	1,097	1,094	1,138	1,142	1,147	1,187	1,189	1,206	1,113
2017	1,306	1,365	1,455	1,401	1,433	1,404	1,406	1,471	1,430	1,464	1,518	1,559	1,434
2018	1,694	1,684	1,608	1,599	1,649	1,740	1,689	1,740	1,747	1,652	1,565	1,603	1,664
2019	1,646	1,690	1,660	1,637	1,560	1,471	1,418	1,225	1,178	1,217	1,221	1,208	1,428

Wool, fine 19 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot monthly prices, 2020s, ¢/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	1,255	1,224	1,066	937.3	899.5	916.1	896	801.3	726	933.5	1,010	1,048	976.1
2021	1,104	1,225	1,222	1,224	1,257	1,338	1,309	1,219	1,213	1,227	1,196	1,196	1,228
2022	1,224	1,235	1,242	1,242	1,224	1,253	1,157	1,125	1,067	1,005	1,020	1,061	1,155
2023	1,155	1,192	1,126	1,087	1,050	982	991.9	932.6	907.6	894.1	931.1	983.5	1,019
2024	970	921.2	933.5	926	927.8	943.9	913.6	913.6	910.3	937	916.9	905.5	926.6
2025	915.6	933.8	973.5	971.1	984.6	986.7	983.2	993.7	1,096	1,169	1,178	1,266	1,038
2026	1,407	1,472	1,539	1,645	1,685	1,694	1,601	1,595					1,580

Wool, coarse 23 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot (¢/kg)

Wool, coarse 23 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot monthly prices, 1990s, ¢/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1992	297	341.9	341.2	352.1	367.4	364.9	363.1	351.2	349.3	335.5	320.1	310.7	341.2
1993	312.4	309.7	309.7	328.9	337	327.8	324.4	313.9	310.8	316.6	325.5	320	319.7
1994	320.1	338.1	379.2	376.8	398.4	394.5	412	425.9	444.5	433.4	446.1	426	399.6
1995	447.1	467.9	516.7	520.3	516.5	519.4	537.7	547.4	507	496	436.6	453.1	497.1
1996	456.8	450.4	439.2	416.6	440.1	447.6	420.3	417.7	404.4	416.4	419.5	417.7	428.9
1997	408.6	442.9	425.8	451.2	467.5	478.8	478.6	427.6	448.8	435.4	434.7	413.6	442.8
1998	399	406.6	384.8	379.8	355.7	348.2	308.8	296.9	280.1	286.9	294.9	294.8	336.4
1999	299.4	287.1	297.5	298.9	288.7	288.3	286.3	254.3	247.1	247.3	255.5	267.3	276.5

Wool, coarse 23 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot monthly prices, 2000s, ¢/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	276.4	260.1	267.1	273.8	290.4	294	302.4	289.9	283.3	279.9	267.7	286.9	281
2001	309.7	323.9	315.4	327.5	325.7	326.9	328.3	348.9	340.5	330.3	335.9	376.1	332.4
2002	444.1	516.4	529.2	525.1	519.8	548.8	539.7	535	584.3	664.3	691.8	689.3	565.7
2003	725.8	734.9	681.6	685.7	633	680.3	685	653.5	647.3	602.7	589.8	588.4	659
2004	613.5	611.9	587.7	554.6	533.1	560.6	553	529	500.9	508.9	537.9	547.3	553.2
2005	556.9	549.3	545.2	543.7	543.5	553.3	563.6	531.9	517.9	500.8	481.5	479.7	530.6
2006	496.6	520.8	528.7	515.5	522	515.6	522.9	534.3	521.8	524.7	640	644.2	540.6
2007	715.5	707	724.8	742.6	788.3	787.6	761.6	732.8	765.2	807.5	828.2	817.4	764.9
2008	840.9	843.8	835.3	824	781.5	778.5	793.6	717.6	656.4	510.3	451	477.8	709.2
2009	464.6	449.7	460.5	516.6	599.3	609.1	609.3	655.5	690.9	743.6	756.8	780.4	611.4

Wool, coarse 23 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot monthly prices, 2010s, ¢/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	840.7	814.1	847.4	818	764.2	762.8	779.2	788.4	791.3	856.1	879.7	884.3	818.8
2011	1,003	1,060	1,209	1,309	1,303	1,386	1,358	1,248	1,171	1,054	1,133	1,168	1,200
2012	1,281	1,391	1,341	1,283	1,231	1,204	1,223	1,123	1,054	1,068	1,105	1,195	1,208
2013	1,247	1,235	1,207	1,113	1,087	1,100	1,011	964.5	1,078	1,140	1,125	1,114	1,118
2014	1,093	1,072	1,023	1,006	1,043	1,050	1,070	1,029	1,000	981.2	973.2	946.9	1,024
2015	906	891.6	874.6	885	990.6	1,040	959.1	962.4	901.3	882.4	918.1	947.3	929.9
2016	934.4	959.3	985.5	1,023	989.6	1,015	1,092	1,096	1,062	1,023	1,019	1,007	1,017
2017	1,028	1,030	1,060	988.4	1,022	1,066	1,090	1,176	1,155	1,135	1,150	1,171	1,089
2018	1,305	1,416	1,405	1,428	1,546	1,690	1,671	1,631	1,598	1,529	1,502	1,509	1,519
2019	1,554	1,618	1,586	1,554	1,476	1,430	1,372	1,338	1,347	1,134	1,155	1,158	1,393

Wool, coarse 23 micron, Australian Wool Exchange spot monthly prices, 2020s, ¢/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	1,189	1,143	1,008	894	805.3	815.4	822.5	719.5	606.8	766.8	822.6	842.8	869.6
2021	862.1	921.8	946.9	920.7	926.3	959.8	909.5	879.1	868.1	892.4	908	909.3	908.7
2022	933.4	924.6	931.2	917.1	917.3	949	901	864.3	819.3	786.1	789.8	838.8	881
2023	919.4	949.9	902.3	903.3	897.7	836.9	833.8	874.3	842.3	835.9	866	928.1	882.5
2024	907.5	873.5	883.3	882.4	881.3	904.9	876	877.5	863.6	879.5	874	867.2	880.9
2025	883.8	909.5	943.2	938.8	938.8	939.6	953.8	959.5	1,055	1,113	1,127	1,219	998.4
2026	1,361	1,424	1,454	1,518	1,542	1,551	1,484	1,464					1,475

Method

Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.

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Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Wool price history (1992–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/wool/, data 2026-09-08. Data updated 22 October 2026.