Big Week For Beef Exports

Net sales of 14,700 MT were up 42 percent from the previous week and 38 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for South Korea (5,800 MT), Mexico (2,900 MT), Canada (1,600 MT), Japan (1,500 MT), and Russia (1,000 MT). Exports of 13,300 MT were primarily for Mexico (3,000 MT), South Korea (3,000 MT), Japan (2,300 MT), Canada (1,500 MT), and Vietnam (900 MT).

Beef	May 20	May 27	Jun 03	Jun 10	Jun 17	Report
Sales	17,766	7,924	6,436	10,381	14,710	Report
Shipments	13,140	11,531	10,427	12,049	13,292	Report

REPORT THIS WEEK LAST WEEK DIFFERENCE   Sales 14,710 10,381 4,329 SALES 10 WEEKS 27 WEEKS THIS YEAR Average 13,713 10,903 11,697 High 20,271 20,271 20,271 Low 6,436 3,545 5,205

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