About 87 per cent of teas offered for Sale No: 37 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association was sold despite the average prices rising to five-month high level of ₹95.97 a kg due to increased demand. Homedale Estate’s Red Dust tea, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped the entire CTC auctions when JP Enterprises bought it for ₹247 a kg. Two more Dust grades of Homedale Estate, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, followed at ₹243 and ₹241.