Athletic
Branded sneakers and trainers; the highest-value footwear category.
Every pair is checked as a pair: soles, uppers and insoles. Grade A sneaker bales are usually ordered separately.
Used shoe bales wholesale.
Used shoe bales wholesale: paired, graded and sorted by type. 6 categories, each available as graded bales for sorting houses and wholesale buyers.
Casual & Daily
Everyday footwear in canvas, leather and synthetics.
Paired and tied before baling.
Formal / Dress
Leather-led; women's heels and flats sorted separately where volumes allow.
Leather cracking and heel wear decide the grade.
Boots
Heavy per pair; strongly winter-weighted.
Sole separation and lining condition are the main checks.
Sandals
Light, summer category for hot-climate markets.
Straps and footbeds checked for wear.
Children's Footwear
Small sizes, high pair count per bale.
Paired, cleaned and checked; light-up shoes tested where practical.
ReferenceHow we grade
Primary sorting
Collected stock (credential: as it comes out of banks and shops) is opened and separated into broad streams: clothing, shoes, bags and accessories, household textiles, and non-textile contamination removed.
Grade A, B and C
Each stream is graded on condition, style and brand into Grade A (cream / premium), Grade B (standard commercial) and Grade C (utility / low grade). Grade definitions are written into every Ragtrail contract, because the words alone mean different things to different sellers.
Tertiary sorting
Graded stock is sorted again by category (garment type, gender, age), by season (summer, winter, mixed) and by fabric, so a buyer can order exactly what their market sells: for example Grade A men's winter jackets, or Grade B children's summer mix.
Non-rewearable processing
Items that cannot be worn again are not mixed into wearable bales. Cotton-rich textiles are cut into wiping rags; the rest goes to fibre recycling (shoddy, insulation, felt). Footwear that cannot be paired or repaired is processed separately.
Full explanation: What is grade A, B and C used clothing? and How clothing sorting and grading works.
Next step
Quote for shoes & footwear bales.
Tell us grades, categories and volume; we come back with a price per kilo.