Video or image
Wool News: Wool auction livestreams moving to bidr®
New Zealand’s Virtual Saleyard bidr® will soon start livestreaming both North Island and South Island wool auctions. Offering real-time live auctions online, bidr® was designed with the involvement of PGG Wrightson livestock agents, operations team members and farmers, and went live in mid 2019. To date it has mainly been used for livestock auctions.
Wool auctions have been livestreamed on Facebook for the past few years. Shifting to bidr® will enable additional features to be added to the livestream feed, with a more professional standard of presentation. With other auctions, bidr® has a hybrid option, accepting online bids as well as from buyers physically in the saleyard. Initially at least, this option will not be available for wool auctions, with all transactions still taking place in the auction room. However, viewing the auction and monitoring market trends without leaving the farm will become an increasingly improved experience for wool growers.
bidr® is a wholly subsidiary of PGG Wrightson and open platform for industry use.
Related News
Video or image
Confidence holds as wool market maintains momentum
After a sustained period of growth, the wool market has continued to hold at significantly improved levels through recent sales. Strong competition and tightening supply are supporting confidence across the sector, with prices paid in the auction room the highest they have been since 2011. The move...
Video or image
From the woolshed to the road: Carley Pryce steps into her new role as a PGW Wool rep
For Carley Pryce, wool has never been ‘just a job’. It’s been a thread running through her working life since she was a teenager, shaping her skills, her confidence, and her connection to rural New Zealand. Now, after years of building experience across the agricultural sector, Carley has taken the...
Video or image
7-year-old Clyde student becomes one of New Zealand’s youngest PGW wool clients
A Clyde Primary School project may have launched a future career for seven-year-old student Beau A’Court, as he has become one of New Zealand’s youngest wool clients of PGW - after recently discovering a passion for the fibre and finding an unlikely mentor in wool representative Graeme Bell...
Video or image
Confidence holds as wool market maintains momentum
After a sustained period of growth, the wool market has continued to hold at significantly improved levels through recent sales. Strong competition and tightening supply are supporting confidence across the sector, with prices paid in the auction room the highest they have been since 2011. The move...
Video or image
From the woolshed to the road: Carley Pryce steps into her new role as a PGW Wool rep
For Carley Pryce, wool has never been ‘just a job’. It’s been a thread running through her working life since she was a teenager, shaping her skills, her confidence, and her connection to rural New Zealand. Now, after years of building experience across the agricultural sector, Carley has taken the...
Video or image
7-year-old Clyde student becomes one of New Zealand’s youngest PGW wool clients
A Clyde Primary School project may have launched a future career for seven-year-old student Beau A’Court, as he has become one of New Zealand’s youngest wool clients of PGW - after recently discovering a passion for the fibre and finding an unlikely mentor in wool representative Graeme Bell...