WA wool production is still on track to meeting the Australian Wool Production Forecasts Committee's 12-15 per cent drop in figures, according to AWTA WA regional manager Andrew Lindsay.

The AWTA's half yearly July to December 2009 wool test figures for WA confirmed another significant downturn in wool production.

WA bale numbers were down 23,532 compared to last year's results, a fall of 9.6pc.

Bale weight was also down 10pc on last year, as was the total lots offered, down 8.6pc to 33,538 for the July to December 2009 period.

Mr Lindsay said the results were better than expected, based on a higher early shearing than normal.

"We had a very strong November, it was up about 25pc on last year which was out of left field," he said.

"I think December itself was down 10pc, so the last couple of months together have been reasonably solid.

"We still expect wool production to be down significantly for the full financial year, so we don't expect to see any significant movement up until June."

Mr Lindsay believes the AWTA will follow the AWPFC prediction of a fall of about 12pc to 15pc.

"We did expect it to be reduced this year, if anything we're expecting it to be a little bit worse over the next six months," he said.

Key wool data also took a dive, with yield average falling 0.5 points to 61.7.