# Weekly Export Sales – Corn comes in strong

> USDA's weekly export sales report for the week through August 20 showed corn sales of 57.1 million bushels, at the high end of expectations, with China the largest buyer. Soybean new-crop sales reached 68.9 million bushels and wheat surpassed trade guesses, while sorghum sales were 12.5 million bushels.

- Date: 2020-08-27 · published 2020-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51590-weekly-export-sales-corn-comes-in-strong
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Strong corn, soybean and sorghum sales point to firm US export demand, supporting prices for feed grains, though cumulative old-crop corn sales still trail last year's pace.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-12-08 | [WEEKLY EXPORT REPORT: Corn, soybean, wheat sales increase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73338-weekly-export-report-corn-soybean-wheat-sales-increase.md) | +0.9% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2019-09-19 | [Weekly Export Sales – stronger totals than expected](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57039-weekly-export-sales-stronger-totals-than-expected.md) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2022-07-18 | [Weekly grain movement: Corn stands strong, wheat weak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14917-weekly-grain-movement-corn-stands-strong-wheat-weak.md) | -4.0% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2017-07-20 | [USDA exports – Sales surge for corn, soybeans and wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69823-usda-exports-sales-surge-for-corn-soybeans-and-wheat.md) | -1.5% | -5.9% |
| CORN | 2017-07-27 | [USDA exports – Soybean sales drop, new-crop corn has big gain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69825-usda-exports-soybean-sales-drop-new-crop-corn-has-big-gain.md) | -1.3% | -7.0% |
| SOY | 2016-12-08 | [WEEKLY EXPORT REPORT: Corn, soybean, wheat sales increase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73338-weekly-export-report-corn-soybean-wheat-sales-increase.md) | -2.4% | -6.0% |
| SOY | 2019-09-19 | [Weekly Export Sales – stronger totals than expected](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57039-weekly-export-sales-stronger-totals-than-expected.md) | +0.1% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2017-06-02 | [WEEKLY EXPORT REPORT: Soybeans, wheat have strong sales week](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70566-weekly-export-report-soybeans-wheat-have-strong-sales-week.md) | +2.8% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/corn-price-updates/weekly-export-sales-corn-comes-in-strong

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