Oct 15 (Reuters) - Large speculators cut their net long position in Chicago Board of Trade corn futures in the week to Oct. 12, regulatory data released on Friday showed.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly commitments of traders report also showed that noncommercial traders, a category that includes hedge funds, increased their net short position in CBOT wheat and increased their net short position in soybeans.
SUPPLEMENTAL Non-Comm Indexes Comm
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 148,925 -22,031 387,557 3,305 -476,543 19,804
Soybeans -12,297 -12,040 180,524 1,323 -127,587 17,368
Soyoil 44,193 -6,122 117,983 -540 -172,374 6,194
CBOT wheat -36,361 -11,580 127,842 -5,598 -83,790 14,384
KCBT wheat 25,179 -2,157 57,272 -104 -83,363 2,367
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FUTURES + OPTS Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 227,931 -22,665 225,228 7,712 -455,550 14,132
Soybeans 29,068 -20,385 104,859 89 -103,369 17,568
Soymeal -40,324 -8,261 86,819 1,468 -89,996 5,228
Soyoil 72,984 -2,194 101,260 3,188 -183,373 1,755
CBOT wheat -8,546 -13,759 84,250 907 -65,209 10,822
KCBT wheat 48,286 -1,660 32,480 -1,010 -75,719 2,928
MGEX wheat 15,896 559 1,559 50 -30,608 -1,303
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Total wheat 55,636 -14,860 118,289 -53 -171,536 12,447
Live cattle 35,469 10,312 84,394 -1,265 -129,842 -6,366
Feeder cattle -1,254 3,010 4,241 360 752 -1,674
Lean hogs 68,632 -6,514 56,108 -1,155 -121,683 6,060
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
Corn 62,331 1,900 -59,939 -1,080 1,830,438 4,100
Soybeans 10,082 9,380 -40,640 -6,651 978,147 69,947
Soymeal 19,731 564 23,769 1,000 470,906 25,952
Soyoil -1,071 -3,218 10,199 468 460,957 12,425
CBOT wheat -2,802 -764 -7,692 2,793 470,730 11,212
KCBT wheat -5,958 -152 912 -107 260,494 4,437
MGEX wheat 7,554 1,236 5,600 -542 81,687 833
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Total wheat -1,206 320 -1,180 2,144 812,911 16,482
Live cattle 20,909 -249 -10,931 -2,432 326,185 -8,051
Feeder cattle 1,110 552 -4,848 -2,248 43,754 -4,228
Lean hogs 15,860 2,290 -18,918 -681 317,055 -6,986
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FUTURES ONLY Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 218,239 -25,358 242,147 4,071 -465,483 10,186
Soybeans 24,208 -22,937 96,877 -955 -106,542 13,882
Soymeal -40,193 -8,304 83,721 1,214 -101,777 2,883
Soyoil 72,854 -1,622 100,907 3,244 -185,709 -821
CBOT wheat -9,980 -14,561 86,720 878 -73,751 8,396
KCBT wheat 47,509 -1,708 32,781 -993 -77,764 2,544
MGEX wheat 15,714 512 1,266 197 -30,982 -1,245
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Total wheat 53,243 -15,757 120,767 82 -182,497 9,695
Live cattle 31,859 10,072 84,594 -1,026 -120,416 -6,096
Feeder cattle -1,153 2,912 4,191 393 421 -1,309
Lean hogs 65,693 -5,614 54,315 -1,410 -108,458 4,415
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
Corn 61,049 7,641 -55,952 3,460 1,400,377 2,919
Soybeans 17,782 13,526 -32,325 -3,516 759,101 43,266
Soymeal 37,606 3,255 20,643 952 423,431 23,500
Soyoil 2,444 -916 9,504 115 401,384 13,256
CBOT wheat 5,446 2,715 -8,435 2,572 385,204 11,884
KCBT wheat -3,207 318 681 -161 234,627 4,214
MGEX wheat 8,814 1,081 5,188 -545 76,406 608
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Total wheat 11,053 4,114 -2,566 1,866 696,237 16,706
Live cattle 10,930 -1,135 -6,967 -1,815 282,249 -7,770
Feeder cattle 908 -37 -4,367 -1,959 38,118 -3,638
Lean hogs 5,851 3,729 -17,401 -1,120 251,516 -6,015
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SUPPLEMENTAL FUTURES + OPTS FUTURES ONLY
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Soybeans <0#4CFTC005602> <0#3CFTC005602> <0#1CFTC005602>
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KCBT wheat <0#4CFTC001612> <0#3CFTC001612> <0#1CFTC001612>
MGEX wheat <0#3CFTC001626> <0#1CFTC001626>
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Feeder cattle <0#3CFTC061641> <0#1CFTC061641>
Lean hogs <0#3CFTC054642> <0#1CFTC054642>
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