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 9, export sales for 2020 marketing year decreased 12 percent to 586,503 from 663,474 and shipments decreased 3 percent to 543,602 from 562,294. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 14,188,858—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 589,453, total export sales were 506,745 and total export shipments were 493,119.

Today’s Market