Please Note

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.

Market Activity & Analysis

USDA Cured Hide and Wet Blue Export Sales Recap

For week ending July 2, export sales for 2020 marketing year increased 53 percent to 663,474 from 433,334 and shipments increased 17 percent to 562,294 from 479,809. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 13,602,355—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 587,125, total export sales were 503,791 and total export shipments were 491,249.

Today’s Market