USDA Weekly Export Sales Report Week Ended Aug. 7, 2025 | |
| Corn | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: (88,700) |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: 150,000-600,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 2,047,800 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 900,000-2,400,000 |
| Net sales reductions of 88,700 MT for 2024/2025--a marketing-year low--were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (136,900 MT, including 140,500 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 5,300 MT), Spain (88,200 MT, including 23,200 MT switched from unknown destinations), Venezuela (84,200 MT, including 25,500 MT switched from Colombia), Portugal (70,500 MT), and Israel (50,300 MT, including 50,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), were more than offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (353,800 MT), Canada (108,000 MT), Guatemala (67,700 MT), Panama (40,100 MT), and Colombia (31,600 MT). Net sales of 2,047,800 MT for 2025/2026 primarily for Mexico (498,400 MT), unknown destinations (356,200 MT), Japan (249,000 MT), Taiwan (202,300 MT), and Guatemala (161,300 MT), were offset by reductions for Nicaragua (200 MT). | |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 1,520,400 MT were up 24 percent from the previous week and 22 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (449,500 MT), Japan (272,400 MT), South Korea (198,000 MT), Colombia (173,100 MT), and Venezuela (103,200 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 26.4% ahead of a year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2024-25 at 2.820 billion bu., 25.1% above the previous marketing year. |
| Wheat | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 722,800 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 400,000-850,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 722,800 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were down 2 percent from the previous week, but up 14 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for South Korea (130,000 MT), Mexico (114,900 MT, including decreases of 38,100 MT), the Philippines (99,500 MT), Sri Lanka (66,000 MT), and Japan (60,600 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 340,800 MT were down 49 percent from the previous week and 37 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (74,000 MT), Vietnam (67,100 MT), Colombia (50,400 MT), Nigeria (49,700 MT), and Taiwan (36,600 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 24.4% ahead of year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2025-26 exports are projected at 875 million bu., up 5.9% from last year. |
| Soybeans | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: (377,600) |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: 200,000-700,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 1,133,000 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 400,000-900,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales reductions of 377,600 MT for 2024/2025--a marketing-year low--were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for the Netherlands (68,900 MT, including 60,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Bangladesh (57,100 MT, including 55,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Japan (20,800 MT, including 21,200 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 800 MT), Thailand (5,900 MT, including decreases of 2,100 MT), and Nepal (4,000 MT), were more than offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (184,900 MT), Mexico (158,300 MT), Taiwan (136,000 MT), Pakistan (55,000 MT), and Venezuela (5,700 MT). Net sales of 1,133,000 MT for 2025/2026 primarily for unknown destinations (424,200 MT), Mexico (251,100 MT), Taiwan (144,500 MT), Iraq (55,000 MT), and Pakistan (55,000 MT), were offset by reductions for Japan (500 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 533,100 MT were down 23 percent from the previous week, but up 26 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (179,600 MT), the Netherlands (68,900 MT), Egypt (58,100 MT), Bangladesh (57,100 MT), and Algeria (34,000 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are running 11.5% ahead of a year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2024-25 at 1.875 billion bu., up 10.3% from the previous marketing year. |
| Soymeal | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: 26,300 |
| Expectations | 2024-25: 50,000-250,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 246,700 |
| Expectations | 2025-26: 50,000-250,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 26,300 MT for 2024/2025--a marketing-year low-- were down 85 percent from the previous week and 86 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Austria (30,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Mexico (18,700 MT, including decreases of 9,800 MT), Nepal (6,800 MT), Indonesia (6,500 MT), and El Salvador (6,000 MT), were offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (34,400 MT), Guatemala (28,500 MT), Panama (7,300 MT), Costa Rica (1,800 MT), and Belgium (800 MT). Net sales of 246,700 MT for 2025/2026 were primarily for unknown destinations (82,500 MT), Guatemala (49,500 MT), the Philippines (45,000 MT), Colombia (36,000 MT), and Panama (15,200 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 360,000 MT were up 15 percent from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Colombia (61,700 MT), Vietnam (60,700 MT), Japan (55,400 MT), Mexico (47,600 MT), and Venezuela (32,500 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 13.0% ahead of a year-ago. USDA projects exports in 2024-25 will increase 11.5% from the previous marketing year in 2023-24. |
| Soyoil | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: 700 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: 0-18,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 0 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 0-4,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 700 MT for 2024/2025 were down 90 percent from the previous week and 83 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Mexico (1,700 MT), were offset by reductions for Canada (1,100 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 3,800 MT were down 81 percent from the previous week and 59 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were to Mexico (3,500 MT) and Canada (200 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: 242,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of Upland totaling 242,000 RB for 2025/2026 primarily for Vietnam (119,200 RB, including decreases of 1,500 RB), Bangladesh (40,200 RB, including decreases of 2,300 RB), Turkey (20,700 RB), Pakistan (15,600 RB, including 1,100 RB switched from Vietnam), and Mexico (14,100 RB), were offset by reductions for Thailand (300 RB). Total net sales of 1,100 RB for 2026/2027 were for Japan. Exports of 142,600 RB were primarily to Vietnam (34,800 RB), Pakistan (26,200 RB), Turkey (19,300 RB), Mexico (9,300 RB), and Bangladesh (9,000 RB). Net sales of Pima totaling 2,100 RB for 2025/2026 primarily for India (2,400 RB), Turkey (300 RB), South Korea (300 RB), Bangladesh (300 RB), and Guatemala (100 RB), were offset by reductions for China (1,300 RB). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 12,000 RB were primarily to Pakistan (2,700 RB), Vietnam (2,500 RB), India (2,300 RB), Costa Rica (900 RB), and Egypt (900 RB). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Upland cotton export commitments are running 25.8% behind a year ago. USDA forecasts total cotton exports will rise 0.8% from a year ago to 12.00 million bales in 2025-26. |
| Beef | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025: 4,300 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 4,300 MT for 2025--a marketing-year low--were down 73 percent from the previous week and 66 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (3,200 MT, including decreases of 900 MT), South Korea (500 MT, including decreases of 1,800 MT), the Philippines (500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), the Netherlands (200 MT), and Taiwan (100 MT, including decreases of 700 MT), were offset by reductions for Mexico (600 MT) and Peru (100 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 11,400 MT were down 19 percent from the previous week and 8 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (3,900 MT), South Korea (3,300 MT), Mexico (1,300 MT), Taiwan (1,100 MT), and Canada (600 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | USDA projects 2025 exports will fall 10.8% from a year ago. |
| Pork | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025: 21,200 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 21,200 MT for 2025 were down 32 percent from the previous week and 19 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (6,500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Mexico (4,700 MT, including decreases of 600 MT), South Korea (3,500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Colombia (1,700 MT, including 100 MT switched from Guatemala and decreases of 100 MT), and Honduras (1,200 MT), were offset by reductions for Hong Kong (100 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 27,000 MT were down 4 percent from the previous week and 1 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (13,200 MT), Japan (3,500 MT), South Korea (2,300 MT), China (2,200 MT), and Colombia (1,400 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | USDA projects exports in 2025 will fall 2.0% from last year. |
Impressive new crop soybean sales
USDA reported net soybean sales of 1.13 MMT for the week ended Aug. 7, with sales primarily to unknown destinations. Meanwhile, old-crop corn and soybean sales each carved marketing-year lows.
(Chip Flory)