# Weekly Export Sales – stronger totals than expected

> USDA weekly export sales for the week ending September 12 beat expectations for corn and soybeans. Corn sales totaled 60.2 million bushels, with heavy buying from Mexico, and Japan and China also purchased. Wheat sales slowed by more than 50% from the prior week.

- Date: 2019-09-19 · published 2019-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57039-weekly-export-sales-stronger-totals-than-expected
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger corn and soybean export demand supports prices, although commitments remain at multi-year lows for the season. The slowdown in wheat sales is a bearish signal for that market.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-08-27 | [Weekly Export Sales – Corn comes in strong](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51590-weekly-export-sales-corn-comes-in-strong.md) | +1.6% | +7.0% |
| 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 | 2025-04-11 | [WASDE Report Cuts Corn Ending Stocks More Than Expected - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25066-wasde-report-cuts-corn-ending-stocks-more-than-expected-proag.md) | +1.7% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2021-06-30 | [Smaller-than-expected U.S. corn, soy acreage stokes price rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46614-smaller-than-expected-u-s-corn-soy-acreage-stokes-price-rally.md) | -0.4% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2024-12-10 | [USDA Reduces U.S. Corn Ending Stocks More Than Expected](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26900-usda-reduces-u-s-corn-ending-stocks-more-than-expected.md) | +1.6% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2020-08-27 | [Weekly Export Sales – Corn comes in strong](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51590-weekly-export-sales-corn-comes-in-strong.md) | +4.7% | +8.8% |
| 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% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/weekly-export-sales-stronger-totals-than-expected

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