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30 May 2007

What happened this week: Another typical spring week is coming to an end. All market segments remain in low gear and sales activity was limited to the basic minimum which is, week by week, still enough to...

Uncertainty prevails with both tanners and sellers holding back

Macroeconomics The global situation is still being driven by liquidity, take-overs and a high number of risk-taking outlooks. Stock...

25 May 2007

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 12/05/2007

Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep ...

US export sales for week ending 17/05/2007

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 471,600 pieces were down 47 per cent from the week earlier and 29 per cent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 445,000 pieces were primarily to...

21 May 2007

Friedrich Sturm Report - 18.05.07

What happened this week: We noted last week that, at present, the market is entirely in the hands of the market development between the USA and Asia. This is the most significant game being played at the...

18 May 2007

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 05/05/2007

Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep ...

US export sales for week ending 10/05/2007

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 882,200 pieces were up 95 per cent from the week earlier and 60 per cent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 686,600 pieces were primarily to...

14 May 2007

Buyers take control in the leather pipeline

Macroeconomics There has been some excitement in the financial markets recently and developments will provoke a variety of different opinions and predictions for the future of the world’s...

Friedrich Sturm Report -11.05.07

What happened this week: The market is now watching developments in the US hide market with great care. The situation over there looks pretty vulnerable with Asian tanners now seeing their long-awaited...

Latest UK and Ireland slaughter statistics

UK figures supplied by Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Irish figures courtesy of Central Statistics Office of Ireland (CSO). All figures expressed as ‘000...

11 May 2007

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 28/04/2007

Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep ...

US export sales for week ending 03/05/2007

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 453,400 pieces—all whole cattle hides—were down 51 per cent from the week earlier and 16 per cent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales were primarily to ...

09 May 2007

Friedrich Sturm Report - 04.05.07

What happened this week: The market continues to settle. For the time being it seems that the correction phase has come to an end and the price structure between grades, weights and origins is slowly but...

04 May 2007

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 21/14/2006

Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep ...

US export sales for week ending 26/04/2007

Hides and Skins: et sales of 920,200 pieces were more than two and two-fifths times the week earlier and the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 914,700 pieces—a marketing-year...

01 May 2007

Friedrich Sturm Report - 27.04.07

What happened this week: This week’s trends were rather mixed. We were surprised by the amount of interest in dairy cows. In particular, the regular buyers from China were actively bidding and, despite the...

Some concerns abate at Lineapelle

MARKET INTELLIGENCE – 27.04.07 Macroeconomics Some weeks ago, we were complaining about the reasonably quiet financial markets which did not appear to offer much guidance or data for the general...

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