The weekly update from GrainPriceNews on changes in the positions held by the likes of merchants, processors and producers in futures and options in the major US-traded agricultural commodity contracts.
For the previous week’s data, click here.
| Grains |
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| Contract | Gross long | Change on week | Gross short | Change on week | Net long | Change on week | ||
| Wheat – hard red winter | 34,836 | +3,201 | 93,839 | +685 | -59,003 | +2,516 | ||
| Wheat – soft red winter | 59,148 | +10,158 | 133,831 | +7,907 | -74,683 | +2,251 | ||
| Soyoil | 120,142 | +4,514 | 287,032 | -4,959 | -166,890 | +9,473 | ||
| Soymeal | 91,339 | +4,275 | 281,801 | +1,860 | -190,462 | +2,415 | ||
| Soybeans | 265,051 | +10,389 | 508,451 | +11,718 | -243,400 | -1,329 | ||
| Corn | 488,028 | +6,207 | 1,082,919 | +6,953 | -594,891 | -746 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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| Livestock | ||||||||
| Contract | Gross long | Change on week | Gross short | Change on week | Net long | Change on week | ||
| Feeder cattle | 9,848 | -749 | 6,254 | +111 | 3,594 | -860 | ||
| Lean hogs | 37,160 | +535 | 100,499 | -2,404 | -63,339 | +2,939 | ||
| Live cattle | 48,538 | -8,431 | 162,173 | -2,698 | -113,635 | -5,733 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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| Softs | ||||||||
| Contract | Gross long | Change on week | Gross short | Change on week | Net long | Change on week | ||
| Cocoa | 118,195 | +16,800 | 131,745 | +3,391 | -13,550 | +13,409 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 77,704 | -6,803 | 126,189 | -7,020 | -48,485 | +217 | ||
| Cotton | 42,617 | -7,540 | 147,283 | -5,216 | -104,666 | -2,324 | ||
| Raw sugar | 273,420 | +3,608 | 436,030 | -30,390 | -162,610 | +33,998 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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| Overall | ||||||||
| Contract | Gross long | Change on week | Gross short | Change on week | Net long | Change on week | ||
| Livestock | 95,546 | -8,645 | 268,926 | -4,991 | -173,380 | -3,654 | ||
| Softs | 511,936 | +6,065 | 841,247 | -39,235 | -329,311 | +45,300 | ||
| Grains | 1,058,544 | +38,744 | 2,387,873 | +24,164 | -1,329,329 | +14,580 | ||
| Total | 1,666,026 | +36,164 | 3,498,046 | -20,062 | -1,832,020 | +56,226 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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