USA: export sales of wheat hit a season low (182.8 thousand t), corn a season high (2.88 million t)

The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) on 12 November published its weekly export sales report for 30 October to 5 November. New sales of 2026/27 wheat fell to 182.8 thousand t, a marketing-year low, while corn sales rose to 2.88 million t, a marketing-year high.

Key figures

• Wheat: 182.8 thousand t
• Season low: wheat
• Corn: 2.88 million t
• Season high: corn
• Mexico: 1.96 million t corn
• Soy: China, 689 thousand t

What changed

Net sales are new export contracts for the week minus cancellations and transfers. For wheat they were down 66% from the previous week and 62% from the four-week average: the biggest buyers were Mexico (52.8 thousand t), Japan (48.4 thousand t), Indonesia (44.5 thousand t), Thailand (35.5 thousand t) and the Dominican Republic (28.6 thousand t). Actual wheat shipments were 239.5 thousand t, 61% more than a week earlier. Corn went the other way, with sales jumping: almost 2.0 million t of the 2.88 million t went to Mexico.

In numbers

The main figures from the report:

• Wheat: net sales 182.8 thousand t, shipments 239.5 thousand t (Mexico, Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam).
• Corn: sales 2,881.4 thousand t (Mexico 1,955.3 thousand t, Colombia 307.4 thousand t, South Korea 202.0 thousand t); another 594.4 thousand t for 2027/28, also Mexico; shipments 869.1 thousand t.
• Soybeans: sales 1,154.8 thousand t, of which China 689.2 thousand t; shipments 1,882.4 thousand t, of which to China 1,266.2 thousand t.
• Rice: sales 106.7 thousand t; sorghum: 4.6 thousand t.

What this means for a buyer

The report comes out every Thursday and shows where American grain is going. For a farm that exports wheat, one week of weak US sales is not yet a trend: compare several reports in a row and your own prices. Corn and soybeans remain the backbone of US shipments (0.87 and 1.88 million t in a week). If you plan to buy machinery from the USA, do not leave agreeing the inspection and shipping dates until the end of the season.

Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), 12 November 2026