USDA Weekly Export Sales Report Week Ended July 31, 2025 | |
| Corn | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: 170,400 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: 200,000-400,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 3,163,200 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 1,300,000-2,500,000 |
| Net sales of 170,400 MT for 2024/2025 were down 50 percent from the previous week and 71 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Mexico (208,400 MT, including 86,500 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 6,900 MT), Colombia (148,900 MT, including 149,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 48,800 MT), Japan (75,000 MT, including 76,200 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 3,500 MT), South Korea (70,100 MT, including 65,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), and Ireland (52,000 MT), were offset by reductions for unknown destinations (491,700 MT), Nicaragua (2,000 MT), and Morocco (1,900 MT). Net sales of 3,163,200 MT for 2025/2026 were primarily for unknown destinations (1,278,900 MT), Mexico (408,000 MT), South Korea (402,000 MT), Colombia (331,300 MT), and Japan (298,000 MT). | |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 1,229,200 MT were down 17 percent from the previous week and 10 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (511,000 MT), Colombia (258,300 MT), Japan (147,800 MT), South Korea (135,700 MT), and Portugal (58,600 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 26.8% ahead of a year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2024-25 at 2.750 billion bu., 22.0% above the previous marketing year. |
| Wheat | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 737,800 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 350,000-600,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 737,800 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were up 25 percent from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Nigeria (185,900 MT, including 87,700 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 1,800 MT), Bangladesh (165,000 MT), Mexico (105,900 MT, including decreases of 5,600 MT), South Korea (89,100 MT), and the Philippines (68,400 MT, including 63,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 1,100 MT), were offset by reductions for unknown destinations (146,800 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 667,700 MT were up noticeably from the previous week and up 38 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to the Philippines (118,400 MT), Japan (115,700 MT), Nigeria (85,900 MT), Mexico (80,100 MT), and Haiti (42,100 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 20.9% ahead of year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2025-26 exports are projected at 825 million bu., up 16.9% from last year. |
| Soybeans | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: 467,800 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: 100,000-300,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 545,000 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 200,000-500,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 467,800 MT for 2024/2025 were up 71 percent from the previous week and 63 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Taiwan (150,400 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), the Netherlands (119,700 MT, including 120,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 8,600 MT), Germany (75,600 MT), Indonesia (68,100 MT, including 55,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 400 MT), and Egypt (59,000 MT, including 40,000 MT switched from Algeria), were offset by reductions for unknown destinations (179,200 MT), Algeria (40,000 MT), and Morocco (400 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Net sales of 545,000 MT for 2025/2026 were primarily for unknown destinations (254,300 MT), Egypt (106,000 MT), Mexico (42,800 MT), Japan (30,000 MT), and Tunisia (30,000 MT). Exports of 689,500 MT were up 63 percent from the previous week and 97 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to the Netherlands (119,700 MT), Egypt (114,000 MT), Mexico (93,800 MT), Indonesia (80,300 MT), and Germany (75,600 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are running 12.6% ahead of a year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2024-25 at 1.865 billion bu., up 7.7% from the previous marketing year. |
| Soymeal | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: 169,400 |
| Expectations | 2024-25: 50,000-200,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 112,400 |
| Expectations | 2025-26: 50,000-200,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 169,400 MT for 2024/2025 were up noticeably from the previous week, but down 15 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Colombia (78,200 MT, including 10,000 MT switched from unknown destinations, 7,000 MT switched from Venezuela, and decreases of 41,100 MT), the Philippines (51,200 MT), Morocco (25,200 MT, including 24,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 700 MT), Costa Rica (19,400 MT, including 11,500 MT switched from Panama), and Mexico (19,100 MT, including decreases of 14,300 MT), were offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (20,100 MT), Panama (11,400 MT), Venezuela (7,000 MT), Japan (6,400 MT), and Guatemala (4,100 MT). Net sales of 112,400 MT for 2025/2026 primarily for Colombia (43,500 MT), Mexico (30,800 MT), unknown destinations (30,000 MT), Canada (24,500 MT), and Honduras (15,500 MT), were offset by reductions for the Philippines (46,400 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 314,400 MT were up 13 percent from the previous week and 2 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Colombia (82,000 MT), Mexico (46,000 MT), Morocco (44,200 MT), Honduras (30,500 MT), and the Philippines (26,800 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 13.0% ahead of a year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2024-25 will increase 9.7% from the previous marketing year in 2023-24. |
| Soyoil | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: 7,000 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: 0-10,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 0 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 0-3,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 7,000 MT for 2024/2025 were up noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for Mexico (6,500 MT) and Canada (500 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 19,900 MT were up noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were Venezuela (13,500 MT), Jamaica (3,500 MT), Mexico (2,000 MT), and Canada (900 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are well ahead of year-ago. USDA projects exports will more than quadruple in 2024-25. |
| Cotton | |
| Actual Upland Sales (in RB) | 2024-25: 109,300 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of Upland totaling 109,300 RB for 2025/2026 marketing year, which began August 1, primarily for Vietnam (53,400 RB, including decreases of 3,200 RB), Peru (20,300 RB), Mexico (7,800 RB, including decreases of 300 RB), Pakistan (7,400 RB), and Bangladesh (7,100 RB), were offset by reductions for Honduras (1,500 RB), Nicaragua (900 RB), Thailand (300 RB), and China (100 RB). A total reduction of 17,200 RB in sales was carried over from the 2024/2025 marketing year, which ended July 31. |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports for the period ending July 31 of 182,300 RB brought accumulated exports to 11,191,200 RB, up 1 percent from the prior year’s total of 11,070,400 RB. The destinations were primarily to Vietnam (39,600 RB), Pakistan (34,600 RB), Bangladesh (29,400 RB), Turkey (24,100 RB), and Mexico (11,900 RB). Net sales of Pima totaling 5,300 RB for 2025/2026 were primarily for China (2,300 RB), India (1,300 RB), Egypt (900 RB), Turkey (300 RB), and Vietnam (300 RB). No sales were carried over from the 2024/2025 marketing year, which ended July 31. Exports for the period ending July 31 of 9,000 RB brought accumulated exports to 435,000 RB, up 35 percent from the prior year’s total of 321,800 RB. The destinations were primarily to India (3,000 RB), Vietnam (2,200 RB), China (1,300 RB), Egypt (1,100 RB), and Pakistan (900 RB). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Upland cotton export commitments are running 2.2% behind a year ago. USDA forecasts total cotton exports will fall 0.4% from a year ago to 11.80 million bales in 2024-25. |
| Beef | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025: 15,900 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 15,900 MT for 2025 were up 88 percent from the previous week and 40 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for Japan (6,100 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), South Korea (4,000 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Mexico (1,800 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Taiwan (1,100 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and the Philippines (800 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 14,000 MT were up 15 percent from the previous week and 14 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (4,100 MT), South Korea (3,600 MT), Mexico (1,700 MT), Canada (1,200 MT), and Taiwan (1,000 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | USDA projects 2025 exports will fall 9.3% from a year ago. |
| Pork | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025: 31,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 31,000 MT for 2025 were down 22 percent from the previous week, but up 27 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for China (12,500 MT), Mexico (7,000 MT, including decreases of 700 MT), South Korea (2,800 MT, including decreases of 900 MT), Colombia (2,500 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), and Japan (2,000 MT, including decreases of 100 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 28,200 MT were up 5 percent from the previous week and 2 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (12,500 MT), Japan (3,800 MT), China (2,800 MT), South Korea (2,700 MT), and Colombia (1,300 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | USDA projects exports in 2025 will fall 2.1% from last year. |
Huge new crop corn sales at 3.16 MMT
New-crop corn sales blew past expectations, while wheat and old- and new-crop soybean sales were also stronger than expected.
(Chip Flory)