By Kirk Maltais
Export sales of U.S. wheat and soybeans landed on the low end of analyst forecasts for the week, according to data from the Department of Agriculture.
The USDA said in its weekly export sales report on Thursday that wheat export sales for the week ended April 9 totaled 231,300 metric tons across the 2025/26 and 2026/27 marketing years, while soybeans totaled 247,900 tons in 2025/26--a marketing-year low, according to the USDA.
Both totals landed on the bottom end of analyst expectations--with analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expecting wheat sales between 150,000 tons and 600,000 tons, and soybean sales between 200,000 tons and 700,000 tons.
Corn sales for the week landed within forecast ranges, totaling 1.46 million tons across the 2025/26 and 2026/27 marketing years.
South Korea was the top buyer of wheat for the week, while Japan was the leading buyer of corn and Egypt was top customer for soybeans.
CBOT grain futures were mixed in premarket trading Thursday, with corn down 0.2%, soybeans down 0.1%, and wheat up 1%.
To see related data, search "U.S. Export Sales: Weekly Sales Totals" in Dow Jones NewsPlus.
Write to Kirk Maltais at kirk.maltais@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 16, 2026 09:13 ET (13:13 GMT)
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