Correction to US hide index, assessments on January 21

Fastmarkets has corrected its AG-CH-0082 hide index, fob US, as well as its AG-CH-0034, AG-CH-0032, AG-CH-0035 and AG-CH-0033 hide assessments, which were published incorrectly on January 21.

The following prices have been corrected:

AG-CH-0082 Hide index, fob US, $/pc was published incorrectly at $13.8875 per piece. This has been corrected to $13.7750 per piece.

AG-CH-0034 Hides, butt branded steers, regular-weight, $/piece was published incorrectly at $11.00-18.00 per piece. This has been corrected to $11.50-18.00 per piece.

AG-CH-0032 Hides, butt branded steers, light-weight, $/piece was published incorrectly at $12.00-19.50 per piece. This has been corrected to $11.00-17.00 per piece.

AG-CH-0035 Hides, butt branded steers, regular-weight, $/lb was published incorrectly at $0.1275-0.2075 per lb. This has been corrected to $0.1350-0.2075 per lb.

AG-CH-0033 Hides, butt branded steers, light-weight, $/lb was published incorrectly at $0.1475-0.2375 per lb. This has been corrected to $0.1350-0.2125 per lb.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect these changes.

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets Industrial Agriculture package.

For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these hide prices, please email pricing@fastmarkets.com and industrialagriculture@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “RE: Butt Branded Steers Hides Prices.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

What to read next
The proposal can be found here. Why has Fastmarkets issued a price consultation for the 65% Fe iron ore index? This is to ensure that the 65% Fe iron ore index continues to reflect the reality of the physical spot market, as well as to capture more data points for the index.   Will the […]
This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage. This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International […]
Fastmarkets will implement methodology changes and clarifications to its global suite of battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide assessments to align with observed trading practices, effective from Tuesday September 1, 2026.
Fastmarkets will publish a one-time differential on August 28, 2026, that may be used to adjust derivatives on commodity exchanges and other contracts, which settle against the assessment of the MB-LI-0033 lithium hydroxide, battery grade, spot price, cif China, Japan & Korea.
Fastmarkets will change the quality and tonnage specifications for its benchmark assessments of the MB-LI-0033 lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O, 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price, cif China, Japan & Korea and the MB-LI-0029 lithium carbonate, 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot prices, cif China, Japan & Korea, effective from Tuesday September 1, 2026.
The publication of Fastmarkets' assessment of laterite ore with 1.6% nickel content, Indonesia domestic trade, delivered for Monday June 15, 2026 was delayed due to the unavailability of the latest Indonesian government mineral reference prices (HMA). Fastmarkets’ pricing database will be updated upon the release of the latest HMA.