Weekly Beef Export Sales      06/18 07:35

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 352,600 pieces for 2026 primarily for China 
(244,900 whole cattle hides, including 3,600 pieces switched from 
Indonesia and decreases of 4,300 pieces), Mexico (61,300 whole cattle 
hides, including decreases of 300 pieces), South Korea (24,800 whole 
cattle hides, including decreases of 200 pieces), Thailand (18,600 whole 
cattle hides, including decreases of 200 pieces), and Japan (2,300 whole 
cattle hides), were offset by reductions for Indonesia (3,600 pieces). 
Total net sales of 2,400 kip skins were for China. Exports of 275,100 
whole cattle hides were primarily to China (198,500 pieces), Mexico 
(47,900 pieces), South Korea (11,000 pieces), Brazil (7,500 pieces), and 
Thailand (5,400 pieces). No exports of kip skins were reported for the 
week.


Net sales of 233,600 wet blues for 2026 primarily for Italy (117,500 
unsplit), China (100,800 unsplit), Indonesia (14,400 unsplit), Brazil (800 
unsplit, including decreases of 1,200 unsplit), and Argentina (100 
unsplit), were offset by reductions for Hong Kong (100 unsplit). Total net 
sales reductions of 1,300 unsplit for 2027 were for Brazil. Exports of 
130,300 wet blues were primarily to Vietnam (53,900 unsplit), Italy 
(22,600 unsplit), China (20,800 unsplit), Hong Kong (14,300 unsplit), and 
Thailand (13,400 unsplit). No net sales or exports of other excluding wet 
blues and splits were reported for the week. 


Beef: Net sales of 10,400 MT for 2026 were down 45 percent from the 
previous week and 8 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for Japan (2,900 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), South Korea 
(2,400 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), Mexico (1,500 MT), Taiwan 
(1,100 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Canada (800 MT). Exports of 
13,000 MT were down 15 percent from the previous week and 1 percent from 
the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (3,700 
MT), South Korea (3,500 MT), Mexico (1,500 MT), Taiwan (1,200 MT), and 
Hong Kong (1,200 MT). 


Pork: Net sales of 16,100 MT for 2026--a marketing year-low--were down 31 
percent from the previous week and 50 percent from the prior 4-week 
average. Increases primarily for China (4,100 MT, including decreases of 
100 MT), Mexico (4,100 MT, including decreases of 1,100 MT), Canada (2,300 
MT, including decreases of 400 MT), Japan (2,300 MT, including decreases 
of 1,300 MT), and South Korea (1,500 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), 
were offset by reductions for the Philippines (100 MT), Costa Rica (100 
MT), Nicaragua (100 MT), and Vietnam (100 MT). Exports of 30,000 MT were 
down 12 percent from the previous week and 9 percent from the prior 4-week 
average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (12,900 MT), Japan 
(5,400 MT), China (3,300 MT), South Korea (2,200 MT), and Colombia (2,100 
MT).