Beef export sales dip, still ahead of USDA though. Pork sales remain poor.

Beef export sales of 12,337 tonnes were reported. This was -26% from last year. Beef sales have been on a good run recently. This is just a one week dip. Year to date sales have improved from +13% year/year back in March to now -7% That is currently ahead of USDA’s whole-year goal of -8%.

Pork export sales of 24,410 tonnes were reported. This was -19% from last year. Pork export sales have been on a poor pace in recent weeks. Back in March year to date bookings were +6% year/year. They have now slipped to -3% year/year. That is much below USDA’s whole-year goal of +8%.

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