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 May 7, export sales for 2020 marketing year increased 33.4 percent to 317,061 from 237,743 and shipments increased 3.5 percent to 470,686 from 454,683. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 9,189,788—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 580,795, total export sales were 483,673 and total export shipments were 484,641.

Today’s Market

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