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 – soft red winter | 51,233 | +1,681 | 99,753 | -4,602 | -48,520 | +6,283 | ||
| Wheat – hard red winter | 32,990 | -299 | 81,813 | +3,569 | -48,823 | -3,868 | ||
| Soybeans | 309,779 | +27,412 | 405,654 | +16,452 | -95,875 | +10,960 | ||
| Soyoil | 98,318 | -1,430 | 250,301 | -1,361 | -151,983 | -69 | ||
| Soymeal | 71,025 | +5,222 | 261,796 | -4,283 | -190,771 | +9,505 | ||
| Corn | 452,564 | +14,150 | 916,197 | +37,021 | -463,633 | -22,871 | ||
| 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 | 11,868 | +968 | 5,406 | +588 | 6,462 | +380 | ||
| Lean hogs | 37,073 | -5,878 | 97,908 | -5,635 | -60,835 | -243 | ||
| Live cattle | 47,208 | -1,090 | 152,841 | -8,046 | -105,633 | +6,956 | ||
| 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 | 124,163 | -6,427 | 140,710 | +5,829 | -16,547 | -12,256 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 67,682 | +5,126 | 115,001 | +2,006 | -47,319 | +3,120 | ||
| Cotton | 91,261 | +4,890 | 138,975 | +660 | -47,714 | +4,230 | ||
| Raw sugar | 250,946 | -11,323 | 363,851 | +44,841 | -112,905 | -56,164 | ||
| 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 | 534,052 | -7,734 | 758,537 | +53,336 | -224,485 | -61,070 | ||
| Livestock | 96,149 | -6,000 | 256,155 | -13,093 | -160,006 | +7,093 | ||
| Grains | 1,015,909 | +46,736 | 2,015,514 | +46,796 | -999,605 | -60 | ||
| Total | 1,646,110 | +33,002 | 3,030,206 | +87,039 | -1,384,096 | -54,037 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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