USDA Weekly Export Sales Report Week Ended Aug. 28, 2025 | |
| Corn | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2024-25: (280,900) |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: (400,000)-100,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 2,117,000 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 900,000-2,200,000 |
| Net sales reductions of 280,900 MT for 2024/2025--a marketing-year low-- primarily for Mexico (196,200 MT, including 72,200 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 118,700 MT), Israel (59,800 MT, including 55,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Colombia (27,400 MT, including 77,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 124,500 MT), Venezuela (21,000 MT), and South Korea (20,700 MT, including 60,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 50,000 MT), were more than offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (446,100 MT), Spain (65,000 MT), Ireland (44,000 MT), Portugal (34,500 MT), and Jamaica (24,000 MT). Net sales of 2,117,000 MT for 2025/2026 primarily for Mexico (511,800 MT), Colombia (478,700 MT), unknown destinations (320,500 MT), Japan (237,000 MT), and Taiwan (156,500 MT), were offset by reductions for South Korea (1,500 MT) and Guatemala (300 MT). | |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 1,741,600 MT were up 52 percent from the previous week and 41 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (656,900 MT), Japan (351,500 MT), Colombia (278,800 MT), South Korea (136,100 MT), and Portugal (60,500 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 25.8% 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: 313,000 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 350,000-700,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 313,000 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were down 46 percent from the previous week and 51 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Nigeria (117,100 MT, including 116,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Mexico (90,400 MT, including decreases of 13,000 MT), the Philippines (65,800 MT), Ecuador (62,100 MT, including 30,000 MT switched from unknown destinations, 13,000 MT switched from Colombia, and decreases of 600 MT), and Venezuela (58,400 MT, including 27,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 200 MT), were offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (176,800 MT), Australia (55,000 MT), Vietnam (18,000 MT), Colombia (2,400 MT), and Thailand (1,400 MT). Total net sales of 5,500 MT for 2026/2027 were for Mexico. |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 890,600 MT were down 11 percent from the previous week, but up 50 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (208,600 MT), Colombia (90,100 MT), Japan (75,000 MT), Vietnam (67,800 MT), and Thailand (58,000 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 22.0% 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: (23,800) |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: (300,000)-50,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 818,500 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 600,000-1,600,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales reductions of 23,800 MT for 2024/2025 primarily for Vietnam (119,000 MT, including 110,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 200 MT), the Netherlands (57,200 MT, including 60,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 2,800 MT), Egypt (2,100 MT), Japan (1,200 MT, including 19,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 19,100 MT), and Malaysia (700 MT), were more than offset by reductions for unknown destinations (132,000 MT), Mexico (55,500 MT), Taiwan (11,400 MT), Indonesia (2,800 MT), and Thailand (2,100 MT). Net sales of 818,500 MT for 2025/2026 were primarily for unknown destinations (269,000 MT), Mexico (116,100 MT), Japan (71,100 MT), Indonesia (66,700 MT), and Taiwan (61,300 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 457,000 MT were up 12 percent from the previous week, but down 13 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Vietnam (127,300 MT), Mexico (86,600 MT), the Netherlands (57,200 MT), Egypt (57,100 MT), and Japan (42,400 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are running 12.1% 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: (4,300) |
| Expectations | 2024-25: 0-100,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 145,700 |
| Expectations | 2025-26: 100,000-350,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales reductions of 4,300 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 Philippines (48,200 MT, including 45,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 100 MT), Morocco (27,600 MT, including 30,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 2,400 MT), Colombia (8,100 MT, including 12,000 MT switched from Venezuela, 10,000 MT switched from unknown destinations, and decreases of 49,000 MT), Sri Lanka (6,100 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), and Indonesia (1,000 MT), were more than offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (85,000 MT), Venezuela (12,000 MT), Belgium (800 MT), Japan (800 MT), and Canada (700 MT). Net sales of 145,700 MT for 2025/2026 primarily for Canada (62,100 MT), Mexico (28,000 MT), Venezuela (18,000 MT), unknown destinations (11,200 MT), and Jamaica (8,000 MT), were offset by reductions for Colombia (1,100 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 311,600 MT were up 57 percent from the previous week and 10 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to the Philippines (87,700 MT), Colombia (55,100 MT), Mexico (42,900 MT), Morocco (27,600 MT), and Canada (20,300 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Export commitments are 12.6% 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: (100) |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2024-25: 0-10,000 |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025-26: 1,800 |
| Expectations (in MT) | 2025-26: 0-12,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales reductions of 100 MT for 2024/2025, were more than offset by reductions for Mexico (200 MT). Net sales of 1,800 MT for 2025/2026 were primarily for Mexico. |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 3,000 MT were down 20 percent from the previous week and 63 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were to Mexico (2,300 MT) and Canada (700 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: 245,000 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of Upland totaling 245,000 RB for 2025/2026 primarily for Vietnam (109,700 RB, including 4,300 RB switched from Nicaragua, 1,300 RB switched from Thailand, and decreases of 100 RB), India (53,800 RB), China (35,200 RB), Bangladesh (31,900 RB), and Mexico (6,900 RB), were offset by reductions for Nicaragua (4,300 RB). Exports of 154,700 RB were primarily to Vietnam (82,800 RB), Pakistan (17,500 RB), Mexico (11,000 RB), Honduras (6,600 RB), and India (6,300 RB). Net sales of Pima totaling 1,600 RB for 2025/2026 primarily for India (1,100 RB), Peru (400 RB), and Indonesia (100 RB), were offset by reductions for Switzerland (200 RB). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 4,400 RB were primarily to India (2,500 RB), Egypt (700 RB), Peru (500 RB), Indonesia (300 RB), and Slovenia (100 RB). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | Upland cotton export commitments are running 21.3% 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: 16,600 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 16,600 MT for 2025 were up 22 percent from the previous week and 51 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for Japan (5,000 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), South Korea (4,600 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), Taiwan (2,400 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Mexico (1,800 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Hong Kong (1,600 MT, including decreases of 100 MT). Total net sales of 200 MT for 2026 were for Canada. |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 11,500 MT were unchanged from the previous week, but down 4 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (3,500 MT), South Korea (2,800 MT), Mexico (1,200 MT), Taiwan (1,200 MT), and Hong Kong (1,100 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | USDA projects 2025 exports will fall 10.8% from a year ago. |
| Pork | |
| Actual Sales (in MT) | 2025: 23,700 |
| Weekly Sales Details | Net sales of 23,700 MT for 2025 were down 44 percent from the previous week and 17 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for Mexico (10,100 MT, including decreases of 700 MT), Japan (2,300 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Canada (2,100 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), South Korea (1,900 MT, including decreases of 600 MT), and the Bahamas (1,700 MT). |
| Weekly Export Details | Exports of 26,600 MT were up 4 percent from the previous week, but down 3 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (12,900 MT), Japan (3,700 MT), China (2,400 MT), South Korea (1,900 MT), and Colombia (1,600 MT). |
| Comments and Performance Indicators | USDA projects exports in 2025 will fall 2.0% from last year. |
Weekly wheat sales short of expectations
Wheat sales for the week ended Aug. 28 were down 46% from the previous week and 51% from the four-week average. New-crop corn sales were strong, while net soybean sales were near the low end of pre-report expectations.
(Chip Flory)