The weekly update from GrainPriceNews on how managed money has been flowing in an out of futures and options in the major US-traded agricultural commodity contracts.
The previous week’s data are available here.
| Grains |
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| Contract | Net position |
Change on week |
| Corn | 243,728 | +5,874 |
| Soymeal | 79,700 | -13,845 |
| Soybeans | 77,488 | -17,343 |
| Soyoil | 62,754 | +4,337 |
| Wheat – hard red winter | 25,631 | +1,726 |
| Wheat – soft red winter | -12,219 | +2,178 |
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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| Livestock | ||
| Contract | Net position |
Change on week |
| Live cattle | 42,936 | -19,139 |
| Lean hogs | 22,827 | -18,302 |
| Feeder cattle | -9,728 | -3,272 |
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short | ||
| Softs | ||
| Contract | Net position |
Change on week |
| Coffee (arabica) | 35,275 | -2,657 |
| Cotton | 32,532 | -8,651 |
| Raw sugar | 15,092 | -2,473 |
| Cocoa | -33,240 | +11,195 |
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short | ||
| Overall | ||
| Sector | Net position |
Change on week |
| Grains | 477,082 | -17,073 |
| Livestock | 56,035 | -40,713 |
| Softs | 49,659 | -2,586 |
| Total | 582,776 | -60,372 |
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short | ||
