Weekly Beef Export Sales      08/20 07:35

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 263,000 pieces for 2026 were up 15 percent 
from the previous week, but down 13 percent from the prior 4-week average. 
Increases primarily for China (185,300 whole cattle hides, including 
decreases of 3,000 pieces), South Korea (32,700 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 7,900 pieces), Mexico (32,200 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 1,400 pieces), India (13,800 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 200 pieces), and Thailand (5,300 whole cattle 
hides, including decreases of 4,800 pieces), were offset by reductions for 
Brazil (16,100 pieces) and Italy (2,600 pieces). Exports of 251,200 whole 
cattle hides were down 5 percent from the previous week and 10 percent 
from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to China 
(164,100 pieces), Mexico (37,200 pieces), South Korea (17,200 pieces), 
Brazil (14,100 pieces), and Italy (5,300 pieces).

Net sales of 129,300 wet blues for 2026 were up noticeably from the 
previous week and up 5 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases 
were primarily for Vietnam (98,900 unsplit), Brazil (17,000 unsplit), 
South Korea (4,800 unsplit), Thailand (4,000 unsplit), Mexico (2,000 
unsplit), and India (2,000 grain splits). Net sales reductions of 5,700 
pounds of other excluding wet blues were reported for the week. Increases 
reported for Turkey (3,800 pounds, including decreases of 3,100 pounds), 
were offset by reductions for China (9,100 pounds) and Mexico (400 
pounds). Exports of 110,700 wet blues were down 29 percent from the 
previous week and from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were 
primarily to Italy (29,100 unsplit), Thailand (22,500 unsplit), Vietnam 
(17,500 unsplit), China (15,800 unsplit), and Hong Kong (9,600 unsplit). 
No exports of other excluding wet blues were reported for the week. Total 
net sales of 168,000 splits were for China. No exports of splits were 
reported for the week.

Beef: Net sales of 9,300 MT for 2026 were down 36 percent from the 
previous week and 37 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for Mexico (1,600 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), South 
Korea (1,400 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Taiwan (1,400 MT, 
including decreases of 200 MT), Japan (1,000 MT, including decreases of 
400 MT), and China (900 MT, including decreases of 100 MT). Exports of 
12,600 MT were up 11 percent from the previous week and 4 percent from the 
prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to South Korea 
(3,600 MT), Japan (3,200 MT), Taiwan (1,700 MT), Mexico (1,300 MT), and 
Canada (700 MT). 

Pork: Net sales of 27,300 MT for 2026 were down 25 percent from the 
previous week and 15 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for Mexico (10,700 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), South 
Korea (3,500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Japan (2,900 MT, 
including decreases of 100 MT), Canada (2,700 MT, including decreases of 
400 MT), and Colombia (2,400 MT, including decreases of 200 MT). Exports 
of 27,800 MT were down 9 percent from the previous week and 8 percent from 
the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico 
(13,000 MT), Japan (3,200 MT), China (2,500 MT), Colombia (2,100 MT), and 
South Korea (1,700 MT).