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 | 32,268 | -2 | 68,218 | +591 | -35,950 | -593 | ||
| Wheat – soft red winter | 42,398 | +1,566 | 96,257 | +3,322 | -53,859 | -1,756 | ||
| Soybeans | 233,129 | +2,080 | 366,745 | -3,599 | -133,616 | +5,679 | ||
| Soyoil | 117,602 | +2,058 | 258,038 | -4,032 | -140,436 | +6,090 | ||
| Soymeal | 85,835 | +2,599 | 293,311 | -11,311 | -207,476 | +13,910 | ||
| Corn | 389,217 | -6,850 | 845,755 | -298 | -456,538 | -6,552 | ||
| 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 | 9,178 | -535 | 6,789 | +274 | 2,389 | -809 | ||
| Lean hogs | 33,754 | +1,865 | 119,956 | -3,691 | -86,202 | +5,556 | ||
| Live cattle | 40,231 | +2,271 | 175,049 | 3,139 | -134,818 | -868 | ||
| 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 | 124,158 | +3,269 | 135,598 | -2,297 | -11,440 | +5,566 | ||
| Raw sugar | 314,917 | +8,522 | 333,548 | -5,741 | -18,631 | +14,263 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 65,258 | +2,005 | 123,425 | +359 | -58,167 | +1,646 | ||
| Cotton | 62,499 | +1,536 | 132,134 | -6,175 | -69,635 | +7,711 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short | ||||||||
| Overall | ||||||||
| Contract | Gross long | Change on week | Gross short | Change on week | Net long | Change on week | ||
| Softs | 566,832 | +15,332 | 724,705 | -13,854 | -157,873 | +29,186 | ||
| Livestock | 83,163 | +3,601 | 301,794 | -278 | -218,631 | +3,879 | ||
| Grains | 900,449 | +1,451 | 1,928,324 | -15,327 | -1,027,875 | +16,778 | ||
| Total | 1,550,444 | +20,384 | 2,954,823 | -29,459 | -1,404,379 | +49,843 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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