# Hides and offal prices continue to falter - Beef Central

> Hides and most offal and by-product prices in Australia kept falling through 2018, according to a Meat & Livestock Australia co-product report. Hides fell 52 to 83 percent year-on-year in December on flat demand, and inventories continue to build.

- Date: 2019-01-14 · published 2019-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61223-hides-and-offal-prices-continue-to-falter-beef-central
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower by-product values reduce processor returns from each animal, which can support feed-cost and cattle-value pressure. Growing global offal and hide supply from higher slaughter in the Americas keeps the downward price pressure in place.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/markets/hides-and-offal-prices-continue-to-falter/

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