Please Note

Friday Early Publication Hours in Effect — Friday’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 Cured Hide and Wet Blue Export Sales Recap

For week ending September 10, export sales for 2020 marketing year decreased 13 percent to 427,215 from 491,268 and shipments increased 30 percent to 551,220 from 423,845. Sales for marketing year 2020 totaled 19,151,576—mostly all hides. The average year-to-date weekly trends for federally inspected slaughter were 600,063, total export sales were 517,610 and total export shipments were 506,037.

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