The latest USDA export data — covering corn, soybeans, sorghum and wheat — offered insights into export sales and shipments through July 18. Here’s how the four crop types fared.

Corn
Export sales came in on the higher end of estimates with 42.4 million bushels between new and old crop sales. This was below the four-week average, but cumulative sales for the year remain higher than last year’s.

Shipments, however, were 19% higher than the four-week average. More than 47 million bushels were shipped out, many of which landed in Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Colombia and Guatemala.

Soybeans
Combined new and old crop sales ended up at 33.7 million bushels. This placed sales in the middle of estimate ranges but below the four-week average. Cumulative sales for the year are also trending lower than last year.

However, export shipments were up over the four-week average. More than 13 million bushels were sent out, with the top five destinations being the Netherlands, Mexico, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.

Sorghum
This year’s sorghum sales are nearly triple last year’s. Even so, export sales were significantly lower last week: only 59,000 bushels.

Wheat
At 11.4 million bushels, wheat export sales were both on the low end of estimates and below the four-week average (down 46%). While sales year to date are still higher than 2023, export shipments were also down compared to the four-week average (down 30%).

Read more about the data here.