What happened this week: Week by week we are finding it more difficult to asses the real market situation. If it is based on the small window of our business the situation still remains pretty regular with a...

MacroeconomicsAfter all the excitement of the past few weeks, things have calmed down a bit over the last fortnight. After making the headlines as the ‘crash currency’ the greenback eventually turned around...

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 489,900 pieces were up 13 per cent from the previous week and 23 per cent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 473,200 pieces were primarily for China...

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection              Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.                                Week Ending  Saturday, November 24, 2007...

What happened this week: We are pretty pleased with the market activity this week. Overseas buyers were budgeting their January/February shipments and have arrived earlier in the market than we actually...