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 14, export sales for 2020 marketing year increased 17 percent to 371,061 from 317,061 and shipments decreased 1 percent to 466,907 from 470,686. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 9,560,849—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 577,889, total export sales were 478,042 and total export shipments were 483,754.

Today’s Market

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