Weekly Beef Export Sales      05/21 07:35

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 317,800 pieces for 2026 reported for China 
(270,100 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 4,500 pieces), Mexico 
(32,200 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 200 pieces), South 
Korea (15,200 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 100 pieces), 
Thailand (2,700 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 5,100 pieces), 
and Turkey (1,300 whole cattle hides), were offset by reductions for 
Taiwan (2,000 pieces) and Japan (100 pieces). Total net sales reductions 
of 1,600 kip skins were for Germany. Exports of 277,300 whole cattle hides 
were primarily to China (176,300 pieces), Mexico (35,200 pieces), Thailand 
(25,300 pieces), South Korea (19,600 pieces), and Turkey (5,900 pieces). 
Exports of 1,300 kip skips were to Germany.


Net sales of 98,700 wet blues for 2026 primarily for Vietnam (85,200 
unsplit), Italy (10,400 unsplit, including decreases of 50,800 unsplit), 
Brazil (9,000 unsplit, including decreases of 1,300 unsplit), the 
Dominican Republic (5,800 unsplit), and Thailand (400 unsplit), were 
offset by reductions for China (9,600 grain splits and 2,600 unsplit) and 
Hong Kong (100 unsplit). Net sales reductions of 12,000 unsplit for 2027 
reported for Brazil (1,300 unsplit), were more than offset by reductions 
for Italy (13,300 unsplit). Exports of 147,900 wet blues were primarily to 
Vietnam (37,700 unsplit), China (34,400 unsplit), Thailand (26,400 
unsplit), Italy (24,900 unsplit), and Hong Kong (16,700 unsplit). Net 
sales of 9,800 other excluding wet blues reported for China (11,900 
pounds), were offset by reductions for Turkey (1,500 pounds) and Mexico 
(600 pounds). No exports of other excluding wet blues were reported for 
the week. No net sales or exports of splits were reported for the week.


Beef: Net sales of 8,100 MT for 2026 were up 7 percent from the previous 
week, but down 31 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases 
primarily for Mexico (2,100 MT), Japan (1,800 MT, including decreases of 
300 MT), Canada (900 MT), Hong Kong (900 MT, including decreases of 200 
MT), and Taiwan (800 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), were offset by 
reductions for Indonesia (100 MT). Exports of 12,300 MT were down 2 
percent from the previous week and 5 percent from the prior 4-week 
average. The destinations were primarily to South Korea (4,400 MT), Japan 
(2,800 MT), Mexico (1,200 MT), Taiwan (1,100 MT), and Hong Kong (900 MT).


Pork: Net sales of 34,600 MT for 2026 were up 65 percent from the previous 
week and 21 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for Mexico (14,500 MT, including decreases of 800 MT), Japan 
(5,600 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Colombia (4,000 MT, including 
decreases of 100 MT), Canada (2,700 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), 
and China (1,400 MT, including decreases of 100 MT). Exports of 34,300 MT 
were down 3 percent from the previous week and 8 percent from the prior 4-
week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (15,500 MT), Japan 
(5,000 MT), South Korea (3,300 MT), China (3,300 MT), and Colombia (2,300 
MT).