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 | 36,308 | +1,472 | 88,804 | -5,035 | -52,496 | +6,507 | ||
| Wheat – soft red winter | 60,345 | +1,197 | 130,603 | -3,228 | -70,258 | +4,425 | ||
| Soyoil | 127,170 | +7,028 | 280,974 | -6,058 | -153,804 | +13,086 | ||
| Soymeal | 94,956 | +3,617 | 289,952 | +8,151 | -194,996 | -4,534 | ||
| Soybeans | 270,596 | +5,545 | 503,450 | -5,001 | -232,854 | +10,546 | ||
| Corn | 488,652 | +624 | 1,054,172 | -28,747 | -565,520 | +29,371 | ||
| 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 | 10,257 | +409 | 6,258 | +4 | 3,999 | +405 | ||
| Lean hogs | 29,457 | -7,703 | 100,111 | -388 | -70,654 | -7,315 | ||
| Live cattle | 47,882 | -656 | 168,480 | +6,307 | -120,598 | -6,963 | ||
| 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 | 114,152 | -4,043 | 131,060 | -685 | -16,908 | -3,358 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 71,244 | -6,460 | 125,170 | -1,019 | -53,926 | -5,441 | ||
| Cotton | 37,991 | -4,626 | 136,921 | -10,362 | -98,930 | +5,736 | ||
| Raw sugar | 266,532 | -6,888 | 432,953 | -3,077 | -166,421 | -3,811 | ||
| 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 | 87,596 | -7,950 | 274,849 | +5,923 | -187,253 | -13,873 | ||
| Softs | 489,919 | -22,017 | 826,104 | -15,143 | -336,185 | -6,874 | ||
| Grains | 1,078,027 | +19,483 | 2,347,955 | -39,918 | -1,269,928 | +59,401 | ||
| Total | 1,655,542 | -10,484 | 3,448,908 | -49,138 | -1,793,366 | +38,654 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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