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 June 4, export sales for 2020 marketing year increased 96 percent to 893,022 from 456,313 and shipments increased 10 percent to 519,791 from 471,503. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 11,466,101—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 578,806, total export sales were 498,526 and total export shipments were 487,126.

Today’s Market