USDA’s latest batch of export sales data, out Thursday morning and covering the week through July 14, held somewhat lackluster but largely expected results, failing to alter grain prices substantially after it was released. Corn volume fared best, although soybeans and wheat also stayed within the range of trade guesses this past week.
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Corn exports saw a combined 23.8 million bushels in old and new crop sales. Old crop sales spilled 82% below the prior four-week average, but new crop sales were more robust. Total sales were toward the upper end of analyst estimates, which ranged between zero and 27.6 million bushels. Cumulative totals for the 2021/22 marketing year remain moderately below last year’s pace, with 2.147 billion bushels. Corn export shipments improved 21% week-over-week and inched 2% above the prior four-week average, with 43.7 million bushels. China was the No. 1 destination, with 17.9 million bushels. Mexico, Japan, Canada and Costa Rica rounded out the top five. Sorghum exports were down noticeably week-over-week, with just over 232,000 bushels. That grain was bound for Eritrea, China and Mexico. Cumulative sales for the 2021/22 marketing year are still slightly ahead of last year’s pace, with 260.3 million bushels. Soybeans notched 7.5 million bushels in old crop sales plus another 9.4 million ...
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