BRINE-CURED AND SALTED HIDES

Offers
Brine cured or  wet salted  hides are offered as conventional  /unfleshed (with the fat  still  on)  or fleshed and trimmed.

Origin
Offers  will  specify  the  country  of  origin  of  the  hides,  ie  Australia (New  South  Wales,  Victoria,  Queensland), UK  or Venezuela.

Type
Offers will quote the type of hide and weight range, ie Cow/Ox (ave. weight over 23 kgs), Ox/Heifer (ave. weight 14kg to 23 kg), Bull, Yearling or Calf.

Selection
As sound and cut percentages may vary, each individual offer will specify the cut percentage.  Typically the sound/cut percentages are offered on a 80/20 basis.  Sound and cut hides are packed separately.  Offers will specify the hide selection, eg:

Sounds                                    
A hide that has no cuts in the prime but may have up to 3 cuts in the offal.

Cuts                                         
A hide that has up to 3 cuts in the prime and or up to three cuts in the offal. 
(A cut is defined as a hole penetrating through the skin. Flay marks which do not penetrate the skin are  not classified as cuts.) 

Low Grade (Faulty)              
A hide with more than 3 cuts in the prime or with excessive defects such as large brands, warts, hair slip, poor cure, excessive holes or which is poorly shaped. 

Straight Run or (S/R)        
No sorting of ticky brands etc.  Will include a cross section of hide production, ranging  from  tick-free  or  nearly  tick-free  to  light,  medium  and  heavy  degree tick. 

Ticky or (TKY)                       
Selections of 100% ticky hides (hides found to have evidence of tick or tick tracks).

Free of Visible Tick (FVT) 
Hides which are visually free of tick but which may show tick damage under the hair.

Tick Free Areas or (TFA)    
Hides  ex  Tick-Free  Area  of  Queensland.     Some  hides  may  show  signs of  tick type damage once the hair  is removed,  which  is  generally much  less extensive and severe  than Straight Run (S/R) hides.

Packing
Hides are packed and strapped onto approved untreated wooden pallets.
Dependent upon the weight of hides ordered, a 20ft ocean freight container will hold approximately 20 pallets.

 Weight Franchise
All shipments are subject to a weight franchise of 5%.