# Hides values crash, but some offals stronger as trade winds blow - Beef Central

> Australian hide values have fallen sharply, with April MLA data showing declines of 28% to 61% year on year. Tariffs on leather products entering the US from China are hurting demand, while some offal prices have held up.

- Date: 2025-05-20 · published 2025-05-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24790-hides-values-crash-but-some-offals-stronger-as-trade-winds-blow-beef-central
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Weak hide demand reflects US-China tariff disruption in the cattle co-product chain, but it has little direct bearing on feed grain or meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-08-07 | [SE Asia Report: Trade volumes remain high in spite of COVID - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51577-se-asia-report-trade-volumes-remain-high-in-spite-of-covid-beef-central.md) | +3.5% | +3.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-10-11 | [Lull falls over Australia’s northern cattle export trade - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44502-lull-falls-over-australia-s-northern-cattle-export-trade-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-12-08 | [Access changes redefining global beef trade competition - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49596-access-changes-redefining-global-beef-trade-competition-beef-central.md) | -0.9% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-11 | [SE Asia Report: Indo, Viet imports fall (+ new Vietnamese translation!) - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48059-se-asia-report-indo-viet-imports-fall-new-vietnamese-translation-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +4.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-12-14 | [Beef outlook 2019: Making sense of trade wars, tariffs, global demand & supply - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61522-beef-outlook-2019-making-sense-of-trade-wars-tariffs-global-demand-and-supply.md) | +0.3% | +4.9% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/news/hides-values-crash-but-some-offals-stronger-as-trade-winds-blow/

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