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 Cure Hide and Wet Blue Export Sales Recap

For week ending May 21, export sales for 2020 marketing year decreased 18 percent to 456,313 from 555,917 and shipments decreased 12 percent to 471,503 from 537,523. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 10,173,079—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 575,150, total export sales were 462,413 and total export shipments were 485,641.

Today’s Market