Weekly Beef Export Sales      07/23 07:35

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 321,300 pieces for 2026 were up 10 percent 
from the previous week and 21 percent from the prior 4-week average. 
Increases primarily for China (179,900 whole cattle hides, including 
decreases of 6,000 pieces), South Korea (56,800 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 1,100 pieces), Brazil (24,300 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 100 pieces), Thailand (17,500 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 400 pieces), and Italy (17,000 whole cattle hides), 
were offset by reductions for Japan (300 pieces). Exports of 311,500 whole 
cattle hides were up 25 percent from the previous week and 6 percent from 
the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to China 
(194,500 pieces), Mexico (45,500 pieces), South Korea (31,400 pieces), 
Thailand (22,900 pieces), and Brazil (12,500 pieces). 

Net sales of 144,000 wet blues for 2026 were up noticeably from the 
previous week and up 42 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases 
were primarily for Vietnam (117,900 unsplit), Italy (12,800 unsplit, 
including decreases of 100 unsplit), Thailand (8,500 unsplit), the 
Dominican Republic (4,200 unsplit), and China (300 grain splits). Net 
sales of 3,500 pounds of other excluding wet blues were reported for China 
(2,700 pounds) and Turkey (800 pounds). Exports of 195,700 wet blues were 
up 77 percent from the previous week and 70 percent from the prior 4-week 
average. The destinations were primarily to China (42,300 grain splits and 
21,700 unsplit), Vietnam (51,900 unsplit), Italy (39,900 unsplit), Brazil 
(17,000 unsplit), and Hong Kong (10,800 unsplit). No exports of other 
excluding wet blues were reported for the week. No net sales and exports 
of splits were reported for the week. 

Beef: Net sales of 9,400 MT for 2026 were up 18 percent from the previous 
week, but down 32 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for South Korea (2,600 MT, including decreases of 700 MT), 
Mexico (1,700 MT), Canada (1,600 MT), Japan (1,000 MT, including decreases 
of 200 MT), and Taiwan (700 MT, including decreases of 300 MT). Exports of 
12,500 MT were up 21 percent from the previous week, but down 5 percent 
from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to South 
Korea (3,700 MT), Japan (3,200 MT), Taiwan (1,300 MT), Mexico (1,300 MT), 
and Hong Kong (800 MT). 

Pork: Net sales of 28,800 MT for 2026 were up 33 percent from the previous 
week and 12 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for Mexico (14,000 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), Japan 
(2,600 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Canada (2,500 MT, including 
decreases of 200 MT), Nicaragua (2,100 MT), and Colombia (1,400 MT, 
including decreases of 200 MT). Exports of 29,500 MT were up 17 percent 
from the previous week, but down 1 percent from the prior 4-week average. 
The destinations were primarily to Mexico (13,800 MT), Japan (3,800 MT), 
China (2,600 MT), South Korea (2,300 MT), and Colombia (2,000 MT).