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 23, export sales for 2020 marketing year decreased 41.7 percent to 450,113 from 772,345 and shipments increased 11 percent to 469,083 from 422,626. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 8,634,984—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 596,668, total export sales were 507,940 and total export shipments were 487,224.

Today’s Market

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