Market Activity & Analysis

The hide market concluded the week with most people in the trade indicating business was slower than the past several weeks and prices relatively stable. Depending on source, natives traded from $67 to $67, BBS from $65 to $66 and HTS from $63 to $65 FOB plant. Cows were also stable with a firmer tone, trading from steady to a dollar higher. Reports from tanners in Asia on leather business are unchanged with shoe leather tanners still looking…