During the week ended May 9, weekly pork sales totaled 21,100 MT, a marketing-year low, while soybean sales missed the pre-report range of estimates, falling 38% from the previous week. Weekly corn sales dropped 17%.
Soybean export inspections during the week ended May 9 reached 406,000 MT, above the expected pre-report range and up 48,000 MT from the previous week. Corn and wheat inspections were as expected.
The corn and wheat markets are deepening earlier gains amid lower-than-expected U.S. and global corn ending stocks, while all wheat production was reported 30 million bu. short of the average trade estimate.
Weekly corn sales during the week ended May 2, rose 17% from the previous week and 23% from the four-week average. Meanwhile, soybean sales increased 4% from the previous week and 21% from the four-week average.
USDA reported weekly soybean inspections of 349,000 MT for the week ended May 2, which rose 73,000 MT from the previous week. Corn, soybean and wheat inspections were each within pre-report ranges.
Weekly soymeal sales during the week ended April 25 missed pre-report expectations and were down 57% from the previous week and 37% four-week average. Corn, soybean and wheat sales were as expected.
Weekly corn inspections during the week ended April 25 were down 435,000 MT from the previous week, which was revised 38,000 MT higher. Corn, wheat and soybean inspections were all within pre-report estimates.
Weekly corn sales for the week ended April 11 rose 54% from the previous week, but still down 45% from the four-week average. Soybean sales were up 59% from the previous week and 62% from the four-week average.
