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 – hard red winter | 36,984 | -4,821 | 69,631 | -3,427 | -32,647 | -1,394 | ||
| Wheat – soft red winter | 52,657 | -1,679 | 104,507 | +2,143 | -51,850 | -3,822 | ||
| Soyoil | 135,359 | -7,855 | 265,055 | +7,754 | -129,696 | -15,609 | ||
| Soybeans | 220,573 | +13,042 | 357,969 | -741 | -137,396 | +13,783 | ||
| Soymeal | 81,352 | -844 | 298,468 | +2,333 | -217,116 | -3,177 | ||
| Corn | 449,628 | -4,352 | 833,148 | +5,626 | -383,520 | -9,978 | ||
| 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 | 9,835 | -523 | 8,032 | +1,159 | 1,803 | -1,682 | ||
| Lean hogs | 28,413 | -539 | 141,376 | +2,768 | -112,963 | -3,307 | ||
| Live cattle | 36,011 | -4,673 | 171,712 | +9,413 | -135,701 | -14,086 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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| Softs | ||||||||
| Contract | Gross long | Change on week | Gross short | Change on week | Net long | Change on week | ||
| Cocoa | 127,780 | +526 | 132,120 | +3,053 | -4,340 | -2,527 | ||
| Raw sugar | 309,414 | -27,065 | 327,516 | +5,870 | -18,102 | -32,935 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 71,732 | -15,483 | 116,383 | -6,825 | -44,651 | -8,658 | ||
| Cotton | 58,586 | +3,096 | 132,704 | +19,175 | -74,118 | -16,079 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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| Overall | ||||||||
| Contract | Gross long | Change on week | Gross short | Change on week | Net long | Change on week | ||
| Softs | 567,512 | -38,926 | 708,723 | +21,273 | -141,211 | -60,199 | ||
| Livestock | 74,259 | -5,735 | 321,120 | +13,340 | -246,861 | -19,075 | ||
| Grains | 976,553 | -6,509 | 1,928,778 | +13,688 | -952,225 | -20,197 | ||
| Total | 1,618,324 | -51,170 | 2,958,621 | +48,301 | -1,340,297 | -99,471 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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