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 | 54,751 | +2,782 | 92,992 | +3,195 | -38,241 | -413 | ||
| Wheat – hard red winter | 30,529 | -103 | 78,386 | -387 | -47,857 | +284 | ||
| Soybeans | 202,119 | -46,436 | 342,789 | -19,120 | -140,670 | -27,316 | ||
| Soyoil | 95,374 | -450 | 288,683 | +1,511 | -193,309 | -1,961 | ||
| Soymeal | 74,116 | -554 | 295,346 | +4,093 | -221,230 | -4,647 | ||
| Corn | 439,204 | +9,888 | 929,842 | +24,173 | -490,638 | -14,285 | ||
| 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 | 11,831 | +23 | 6,832 | +76 | 4,999 | -53 | ||
| Lean hogs | 24,757 | -306 | 110,435 | +573 | -85,678 | -879 | ||
| Live cattle | 38,926 | +120 | 168,984 | +453 | -130,058 | -333 | ||
| 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 | 140,207 | +5,693 | 125,218 | -1,446 | 14,989 | +7,139 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 92,171 | +7,726 | 100,567 | -2,389 | -8,396 | +10,115 | ||
| Cotton | 94,096 | +2,016 | 116,514 | -7,912 | -22,418 | +9,928 | ||
| Raw sugar | 293,385 | +30,943 | 371,898 | -14,940 | -78,513 | +45,883 | ||
| 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 | 619,859 | +46,378 | 714,197 | -26,687 | -94,338 | +73,065 | ||
| Livestock | 75,514 | -163 | 286,251 | +1,102 | -210,737 | -1,265 | ||
| Grains | 896,093 | -34,873 | 2,028,038 | +13,465 | -1,131,945 | -48,338 | ||
| Total | 1,591,466 | +11,342 | 3,028,486 | -12,120 | -1,437,020 | +23,462 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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