Hides and Skins: Net sales of 351,400 pieces were down 20 percent from the previous week and 10 percent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 348,900 pieces were primarily for China...
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August 2009The Pipeline
28 August 2009
US export sales for week ending 20.08.09
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German Perspective—18.08.09
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US export sales for week ending 23.07.09
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German Perspective—28.07.09
28 August 2009
US export sales for week ending 20.08.09
26 August 2009
Market Intelligence—25.08.09
MacroeconomicsDuring the past two weeks, analysts’ views have changed a bit. Various publications are saying that the financial crisis has already tipped the balance of economic power further in favour of the...
German Perspective—25.08.09
What happened this week: The only people that are happy at the moment are the butchers who have been able to obtain an unexpected jump in the value of their main by-product. Although hides are still at levels...
US Perspective—25.08.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion—25.08.09Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThe market on Monday was fairly quiet with only a small number of trades reported. Overall, the mood was subdued with some...
21 August 2009
US export sales for week ending 13.08.09
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 438,200 pieces, all whole cattle hides were up 64 percent from the previous week and 17 percent from the prior four-week average The primary buyers were China (173,300 pieces),...
18 August 2009
German Perspective—18.08.09
What happened this week: Talking about last week’s German hide market is a bit difficult because the market was completely twofold. The selling market for hides was in the low gear we expected. There were a...
US Perspective—18.08.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com The market on Monday was relatively quiet with no packer and only a few processor trades reported. Trades were steady. Early in the...
13 August 2009
US export sales for week ending 06.08.09
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 267,300 pieces, were down 22 percent from the previous week and 39 percent from the prior four-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 267,500 pieces were primarily for China...
11 August 2009
Market Intelligence—11.08.09
Macroeconomics Listening to and reading the financial news, people are still being persuaded that the recession has ended. In the US and Europe, figures that have not worsened compared with the previous month...
German perspective—11.08.09
What happened this week: Europe is now entering into full holiday mode. Although a handful of tanners in the north have already returned, the vast majority are now on holiday and, for the next two weeks at...
US Perspective—11.08.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion—11.08.09 Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com The previous week’s hide market continued its rally last week with several selections of steer prices bridging into the $50s...
06 August 2009
US export sales for week ending 23.07.09
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 514,900 pieces were up 39 percent from the previous week and 21 percent from the prior four-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 505,700 pieces were primarily for China...
04 August 2009
German Perspective—28.07.09
GERMAN PERSPECTIVE—28.07.09What happened this week: There doesn’t seem to be any kind of normality at the moment and it seems that the market is trying to recover in the same period of time what it lost last...
US Perspective—28.07.09
US PERSPECTIVE—28.07.09The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThere was not a lot of activity at the end of a week that saw estimates for cattle slaughter at a paltry 119,000, ...
German Perspective—04.08.09
Slowly but surely the market is now entering the holiday season. A few tanners are still checking around to see whether there are any suppliers of quality hides left who might have not realised recent market...
US Perspective—04.08.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com A fair amount of processor trades were reported on Monday with down-to-mixed prices mostly from weekend business. There were no big...