Market Activity & Analysis

Once again, it remains difficult to gauge the volume of business done by US hide suppliers this week, although several people indicated they did not do a week’s worth of production. Also, there are several rumors floating around that there were some big direct sales at discount prices. In general, prices were softer for most selections, trading a dollar or two below previous levels. This includes big packer HNS from $72 to $73, BBS from $70 to…