Feb 4 (Reuters) - Large speculators raised their net long position in Chicago Board of Trade corn futures in the week to Feb. 1, 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 raised their net long position in soybeans.
SUPPLEMENTAL Non-Comm Indexes Comm
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 289,313 12,792 435,629 -6,761 -688,807 -7,051
Soybeans 132,483 42,832 191,922 807 -284,565 -40,772
Soyoil 38,111 10,573 118,982 -488 -170,359 -12,280
CBOT wheat -46,462 -13,462 139,667 1,445 -88,798 8,279
KCBT wheat 14,424 -1,352 55,535 -520 -71,784 849
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FUTURES + OPTS Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 372,551 6,946 276,197 -15,185 -685,597 -7,284
Soybeans 154,488 39,594 134,702 -9,648 -290,658 -33,572
Soymeal 76,743 12,409 94,979 -5,116 -222,225 -17,498
Soyoil 80,476 11,704 86,427 -1,692 -177,504 -10,041
CBOT wheat -26,452 -13,025 89,444 1,259 -72,282 8,556
KCBT wheat 37,799 -2,835 25,491 -352 -61,419 1,061
MGEX wheat 3,960 619 2,416 467 -13,764 -438
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Total wheat 15,307 -15,241 117,351 1,374 -147,465 9,179
Live cattle 69,272 19,951 80,727 -637 -155,912 -19,913
Feeder cattle -2,019 -2,202 5,828 1,190 673 29
Lean hogs 69,968 3,060 60,189 -162 -120,739 -3,806
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
Corn 72,983 14,504 -36,135 1,021 1,979,521 75,727
Soybeans 41,308 6,494 -39,839 -2,867 1,006,519 122,677
Soymeal 18,592 6,681 31,910 3,523 478,164 26,740
Soyoil -2,665 -2,166 13,266 2,195 496,168 40,238
CBOT wheat 13,697 -527 -4,407 3,738 492,052 -5,978
KCBT wheat -3,696 1,104 1,825 1,023 246,168 4,085
MGEX wheat 3,648 -165 3,741 -483 71,980 -629
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Total wheat 13,649 412 1,159 4,278 810,200 -2,522
Live cattle 18,759 3,180 -12,847 -2,580 387,842 1,402
Feeder cattle 2,404 1,304 -6,887 -320 55,921 -1,470
Lean hogs 4,794 184 -14,211 724 329,074 14,588
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FUTURES ONLY Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 368,829 8,705 289,759 -13,117 -697,422 -5,075
Soybeans 149,444 41,441 146,602 -4,254 -302,179 -38,524
Soymeal 77,581 12,889 97,173 -3,629 -224,138 -18,922
Soyoil 78,909 12,031 87,524 -1,581 -174,112 -6,649
CBOT wheat -29,130 -13,940 87,781 1,337 -82,681 7,288
KCBT wheat 37,412 -1,968 25,761 -1,411 -61,780 217
MGEX wheat 3,956 627 2,700 425 -15,354 -551
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Total wheat 12,238 -15,281 116,242 351 -159,815 6,954
Live cattle 64,336 18,344 81,657 -38 -139,192 -14,087
Feeder cattle -2,333 -2,278 5,817 1,160 -9 -124
Lean hogs 67,771 3,808 59,772 -400 -106,920 -1,851
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
Corn 86,391 7,417 -47,557 2,070 1,568,959 29,835
Soybeans 43,929 3,060 -37,796 -1,723 796,285 60,319
Soymeal 21,258 6,932 28,126 2,730 415,978 9,643
Soyoil -4,499 -6,093 12,178 2,292 439,646 27,814
CBOT wheat 29,480 2,629 -5,450 2,686 391,162 896
KCBT wheat -2,625 1,840 1,232 1,322 218,513 6,553
MGEX wheat 5,387 -41 3,311 -460 67,962 -436
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Total wheat 32,242 4,428 -907 3,548 677,637 7,013
Live cattle 1,172 -1,477 -7,973 -2,742 334,255 -1,375
Feeder cattle 2,467 1,815 -5,942 -573 47,568 182
Lean hogs -8,250 -2,333 -12,373 776 258,676 8,798
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SUPPLEMENTAL FUTURES + OPTS FUTURES ONLY
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Lean hogs <0#3CFTC054642> <0#1CFTC054642>
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