# Corn Export Sales Surge to Marketing-Year High as Cash Cattle Buying Picks Up

> U.S. corn export sales for 2026/27 surged to 113.4 million bushels for the week ending Nov. 5, the largest weekly total of the marketing year and a record for that comparable week since 1997/98. Buying came from Mexico, China, Vietnam and unknown destinations, and cash cattle buying began to pick up.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-14T06:05:19.185Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/99000-corn-export-sales-surge-to-marketing-year-high-as-cash-cattle-buying-picks-up
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Record-pace export demand tightens U.S. corn supplies and supports prices, while firmer cash cattle buying may steady live cattle values.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-03-05 | [US corn exports surge as sorghum reaches marketing-year high \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20210-us-corn-exports-surge-as-sorghum-reaches-marketing-year-high-feed-and-grain.md) | +2.4% | +4.6% |
| CORN | 2016-11-01 | [Surging ethanol exports are helping to support corn market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73854-surging-ethanol-exports-are-helping-to-support-corn-market.md) | +1.9% | -4.3% |
| CORN | 2024-12-27 | [Export sales increase for wheat and corn, soybeans hit marketing-year low - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26997-export-sales-increase-for-wheat-and-corn-soybeans-hit-marketing-year-low.md) | -0.5% | +5.6% |
| CORN | 2024-05-02 | [March U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Exports Surge Toward 2-Year Highs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30241-march-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-exports-surge-toward-2-year-highs.md) | +0.9% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2020-04-02 | [February U.S. Ethanol Exports Surge to Two-Year High while Global Sales of U.S. DDGS Subside](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53643-february-u-s-ethanol-exports-surge-to-two-year-high-while-global-sales-of-u-s.md) | -1.1% | -8.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-08-25 | [Flesh-eating screwworms, beef price surge collide as Mexico resumes cattle exports to U.S. - Los Angeles Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17846-flesh-eating-screwworms-beef-price-surge-collide-as-mexico-resumes-cattle.md) | -1.1% | -0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-09-27 | [Cattle futures surge as trade grows bullish on potential U.S. exports to Japan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57214-cattle-futures-surge-as-trade-grows-bullish-on-potential-u-s-exports-to-japan.md) | +3.3% | +7.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-07-01 | [Soybeans Rally as China Finally Buys, Will They Buy Corn? Cattle Surge on Higher Cash, Cutouts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18826-soybeans-rally-as-china-finally-buys-will-they-buy-corn-cattle-surge-on-higher.md) | -4.9% | -11.4% |

## Sources

- markettalkag.com: https://www.markettalkag.com/2026/11/13/corn-export-sales-surge-to-marketing-year-high-as-cash-cattle-buying-picks-up/

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