Market Activity & Analysis

The US hide market is quiet with less activity than normal in the wake of the Chinese New Year holiday. Prices remain more or less stable with cow-related items steady/firm on tighter supply, CBS and BS are steady with few offerings and BBS/HTS are steady. Offer lists this week were fairly well populated with a notable abundance of heavier weight steer hides. In addition, many seasonal weight hides are shipping at higher weights in part due to…