Please Note

Friday Early Publication Hours in Effect — Tomorrow’s Trade Reporting Deadline 2 p.m. CST

Friday publication hours are in effect. The deadline for trade reporting will be at 2 p.m. CST with publication of the Hide & Leather Price Guide/Commentary soon after.

Market Activity & Analysis

USDA Cure Hide and Wet Blue Export Sales Recap

For week ending April 16, export sales for 2020 marketing year increased 6.4 percent to 772,345 from 725,757 and shipments decreased 8.9 percent to 422,626 from 463,932. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 8,184,871—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 605,639, total export sales were 511,554 and total export shipments were 488,357.

Today’s Market

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