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 | 51,969 | +5,776 | 89,797 | -3,832 | -37,828 | +9,608 | ||
| Wheat – hard red winter | 30,632 | -911 | 78,773 | -3,450 | -48,141 | +2,539 | ||
| Soybeans | 248,555 | -49,112 | 361,909 | -26,548 | -113,354 | -22,564 | ||
| Soyoil | 95,824 | +2,800 | 287,172 | +17,243 | -191,348 | -14,443 | ||
| Soymeal | 74,670 | +855 | 291,253 | +23,572 | -216,583 | -22,717 | ||
| Corn | 429,316 | -9,497 | 905,669 | +11,603 | -476,353 | -21,100 | ||
| 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 | 11,808 | -292 | 6,756 | +738 | 5,052 | -1,030 | ||
| Lean hogs | 25,063 | -6,010 | 109,862 | +7,273 | -84,799 | -13,283 | ||
| Live cattle | 38,806 | -8,719 | 168,531 | +14,426 | -129,725 | -23,145 | ||
| 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 | 134,514 | +3,023 | 126,664 | -9,834 | 7,850 | +12,857 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 84,445 | +6,325 | 102,956 | -3,966 | -18,511 | +10,291 | ||
| Cotton | 92,080 | -1,056 | 124,426 | -9,394 | -32,346 | +8,338 | ||
| Raw sugar | 262,442 | +19,367 | 386,838 | +2,416 | -124,396 | +16,951 | ||
| 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 | 573,481 | +27,659 | 740,884 | -20,778 | -167,403 | +48,437 | ||
| Livestock | 75,677 | -15,021 | 285,149 | +22,437 | -209,472 | -37,458 | ||
| Grains | 930,966 | -50,089 | 2,014,573 | +18,588 | -1,083,607 | -68,677 | ||
| Total | 1,580,124 | -37,451 | 3,040,606 | +20,247 | -1,460,482 | -57,698 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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