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 | 33,159 | +308 | 77,301 | +2,027 | -44,142 | -1,719 | ||
| Wheat – soft red winter | 43,268 | +53 | 97,589 | +2,095 | -54,321 | -2,042 | ||
| Soybeans | 262,622 | +12,261 | 392,069 | +1,239 | -129,447 | +11,022 | ||
| Soyoil | 112,124 | -2,564 | 267,917 | +2,423 | -155,793 | -4,987 | ||
| Soymeal | 72,775 | -4,273 | 305,309 | +9,995 | -232,534 | -14,268 | ||
| Corn | 396,618 | +3,945 | 858,256 | +10,686 | -461,638 | -6,741 | ||
| 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 | 9,326 | -747 | 6,084 | -357 | 3,242 | -390 | ||
| Lean hogs | 29,188 | -1,367 | 125,317 | +8,633 | -96,129 | -10,000 | ||
| Live cattle | 40,149 | +908 | 182,440 | +4,371 | -142,291 | -3,463 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short | ||||||||
| Softs | ||||||||
| Contract | Gross long | Change on week | Gross short | Change on week | Net long | Change on week | ||
| Cocoa | 127,566 | -332 | 129,127 | -1,524 | -1,561 | +1,192 | ||
| Raw sugar | 312,715 | +4,642 | 345,613 | +3,547 | -32,898 | +1,095 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 66,499 | -3,560 | 116,061 | -6,510 | -49,562 | +2,950 | ||
| Cotton | 73,211 | +8,520 | 132,098 | +1,182 | -58,887 | +7,338 | ||
| 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 | 579,991 | +9,270 | 722,899 | -3,305 | -142,908 | +12,575 | ||
| Livestock | 78,663 | -1,206 | 313,841 | +12,647 | -235,178 | -13,853 | ||
| Grains | 920,566 | +9,730 | 1,998,441 | +28,465 | -1,077,875 | -18,735 | ||
| Total | 1,579,220 | +17,794 | 3,035,181 | +37,807 | -1,455,961 | -20,013 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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