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 | 56,830 | +2,079 | 94,273 | +1,281 | -37,443 | +798 | ||
| Wheat – hard red winter | 29,066 | -1,463 | 79,687 | +1,301 | -50,621 | -2,764 | ||
| Soybeans | 217,334 | +15,215 | 359,763 | +16,974 | -142,429 | -1,759 | ||
| Soyoil | 110,334 | +14,960 | 310,134 | +21,451 | -199,800 | -6,491 | ||
| Soymeal | 74,806 | +690 | 299,843 | +4,497 | -225,037 | -3,807 | ||
| Corn | 462,395 | +23,191 | 923,109 | -6,733 | -460,714 | +29,924 | ||
| 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 | 11,453 | -378 | 6,714 | -118 | 4,739 | -260 | ||
| Lean hogs | 24,158 | -599 | 106,985 | -3,450 | -82,827 | +2,851 | ||
| Live cattle | 40,296 | +1,370 | 167,419 | -1,565 | -127,123 | +2,935 | ||
| 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 | 123,291 | -16,916 | 130,661 | +5,443 | -7,370 | -22,359 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 92,371 | +200 | 100,446 | -121 | -8,075 | +321 | ||
| Cotton | 83,568 | -10,528 | 119,961 | +3,447 | -36,393 | -13,975 | ||
| Raw sugar | 296,791 | +3,406 | 407,797 | +35,899 | -111,006 | -32,493 | ||
| 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 | 596,021 | -23,838 | 758,865 | +44,668 | -162,844 | -68,506 | ||
| Livestock | 75,907 | +393 | 281,118 | -5,133 | -205,211 | +5,526 | ||
| Grains | 950,461 | +54,368 | 2,020,892 | -7,146 | -1,070,431 | +61,514 | ||
| Total | 1,622,389 | +30,923 | 3,060,875 | +32,389 | -1,438,486 | -1,466 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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