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 | 33,289 | +634 | 78,244 | +1,668 | -44,955 | -1,034 | ||
| Wheat – soft red winter | 49,552 | +6,036 | 104,355 | +4,291 | -54,803 | +1,745 | ||
| Soybeans | 282,367 | +7,388 | 389,202 | -2,171 | -106,835 | +9,559 | ||
| Soyoil | 99,748 | -3,022 | 251,662 | +1,845 | -151,914 | -4,867 | ||
| Soymeal | 65,803 | -4,272 | 266,079 | -22,814 | -200,276 | +18,542 | ||
| Corn | 438,414 | +24,351 | 879,176 | +31,771 | -440,762 | -7,420 | ||
| 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 | 10,900 | +636 | 4,818 | -142 | 6,082 | +778 | ||
| Lean hogs | 42,951 | +4,966 | 103,543 | -11,434 | -60,592 | +16,400 | ||
| Live cattle | 48,298 | +4,059 | 160,887 | -12,710 | -112,589 | +16,769 | ||
| 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 | 130,590 | -1,265 | 134,881 | +4,987 | -4,291 | -6,252 | ||
| Coffee (arabica) | 62,556 | +1,380 | 112,995 | -728 | -50,439 | +2,108 | ||
| Cotton | 86,371 | +3,869 | 138,315 | +3,198 | -51,944 | +671 | ||
| Raw sugar | 262,269 | -19,459 | 319,010 | -19,524 | -56,741 | +65 | ||
| 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 | 541,786 | -15,475 | 705,201 | -12,067 | -163,415 | -3,408 | ||
| Livestock | 102,149 | +9,661 | 269,248 | -24,286 | -167,099 | +33,947 | ||
| Grains | 969,173 | +31,115 | 1,968,718 | +14,590 | -999,545 | +16,525 | ||
| Total | 1,613,108 | +25,301 | 2,943,167 | -21,763 | -1,330,059 | +47,064 | ||
| Source: CFTC. Data in contracts, futures and options combined. Net position = gross long-gross short |
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