Market Activity & Analysis

The US steer hide market didn’t see much change last week with buyers resisting increases many of the producers put out, resulting in fewer hides changing hands. The cow market continued to do quite well with price increases of a dollar or more on several selections. A couple cow suppliers noted the market was firm and sales were good last week.

The US Cattle on Feed report for January 1 was up 1% from a year ago with overall…