Friday Early Publication Hours in Effect — Friday’s Trade Reporting Deadline 12 p.m. CST
Friday publication hours are in effect. The deadline for trade reporting will be at 12 p.m. CST with publication of the Hide & Leather Price Guide/Commentary soon after.
USDA Cure Hide and Wet Blue Export Sales Recap
For week ending May 21, export sales for 2020 marketing year decreased 18 percent to 456,313 from 555,917 and shipments decreased 12 percent to 471,503 from 537,523. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 10,173,079—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 575,150, total export sales were 462,413 and total export shipments were 485,641.
Today’s Market
12.20.2024
45z guidance fails to appear; government scrambles to pass spending bill
The US government spending bill failed twice in as many days. If a deal is not reached by midnight on Friday December 20, some federal services will...
12.20.2024
US animal fats and oils end week softer across the board ahead of holiday slowdown
Prices for US animal fats and oils ended the week on a lower note on Friday December 20, with most markets trending downward ahead of the upcoming holiday week,...
12.20.2024
December cattle on feed down on month, year
Most US animal protein prices were rangebound for the week, though in wider ranges due to the impending Christmas and New Year's holiday closures.
The only significant price...