Weekly Beef Export Sales      10/29 07:35

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 519,700 pieces for 2026 were up 82 percent 
from the previous week and 67 percent from the prior 4-week average. 
Increases were primarily for China (319,300 whole cattle hides, including 
decreases of 22,500 pieces), Mexico (128,500 whole cattle hides, including 
decreases of 200 pieces), Thailand (25,100 whole cattle hides, including 
decreases of 2,900 pieces), South Korea (22,000 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 2,300 pieces), and Brazil (11,300 whole cattle 
hides, including decreases of 400 pieces). Exports of 280,400 whole cattle 
hides were up 19 percent from the previous week and 7 percent from the 
prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to China (184,700 
pieces), Mexico (34,200 pieces), Thailand (21,200 pieces), Brazil (18,700 
pieces), and South Korea (16,500 pieces). 

Net sales of 122,300 wet blues for 2026 were down 21 percent from the 
previous week, but up noticeably from the prior 4-week average. Increases 
reported for Vietnam (64,700 unsplit, including decreases of 700 unsplit), 
Thailand (40,400 unsplit), China (15,400 unsplit), Italy (1,900 unsplit, 
including decreases of 1,400 unsplit), and Mexico (100 unsplit), were 
offset by reductions for Hong Kong (100 unsplit) and Indonesia (100 
unsplit). Net sales of 202,300 wet blues for 2027 were reported for Italy 
(144,700 unsplit) and Hong Kong (57,600 unsplit). No net sales of other 
excluding wet blues were reported for the week. Exports of 121,200 wet 
blues were down 21 percent from the previous week and 5 percent from the 
prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Vietnam (45,300 
unsplit), Italy (29,900 unsplit), China (15,600 unsplit), Thailand (8,900 
unsplit), and Indonesia (4,800 grain splits and 1,700 unsplit). No exports 
of other excluding wet blues were reported for the week. Net sales of 
13,000 splits were for China (9,900 pounds) and Vietnam (3,100 pounds). 
Exports of 265,000 splits were to China (177,900 pounds) and Vietnam 
(87,100 pounds). 

Beef: Net sales of 11,000 MT for 2026 were down 41 percent from the 
previous week and 33 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for Japan (3,700 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), South Korea 
(3,100 MT, including decreases of 600 MT), Mexico (800 MT, including 
decreases of 200 MT), China (800 MT), and Taiwan (700 MT, including 
decreases of 300 MT). Net sales of 300 MT for 2027 were reported for 
Taiwan (100 MT), South Korea (100 MT), and Japan (100 MT). Exports of 
12,900 MT were up 17 percent from the previous week and 7 percent from the 
prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to South Korea 
(3,600 MT), Japan (3,200 MT), Mexico (1,500 MT), Taiwan (1,100 MT), and 
Hong Kong (1,100 MT). 

Pork: Net sales of 42,300 MT for 2026 were up 13 percent from the previous 
week and 24 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for Mexico (23,300 MT, including decreases of 900 MT), South 
Korea (4,800 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), Japan (4,600 MT, 
including decreases of 200 MT), the Dominican Republic (3,000 MT, 
including decreases of 200 MT), and Colombia (1,800 MT, including 
decreases of 400 MT). Exports of 37,600 MT were up 15 percent from the 
previous week and 14 percent from the prior 4-week average. The 
destinations were primarily to Mexico (18,200 MT), Japan (5,200 MT), South 
Korea (3,400 MT), China (3,000 MT), and Colombia (2,100 MT).