Oct 8 (Reuters) - Large speculators raised their net long position in Chicago Board of Trade corn futures in the week to Oct. 5, 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, trimmed their net short position in CBOT wheat and switched to a net short position in soybeans.
SUPPLEMENTAL Non-Comm Indexes Comm
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 170,955 830 384,251 3,776 -496,346 -11,228
Soybeans -258 -9,438 179,201 6,073 -144,955 11,687
Soyoil 50,315 23,918 118,523 2,847 -178,568 -30,741
CBOT wheat -24,782 12,287 133,440 -4,085 -98,174 -4,840
KCBT wheat 27,336 4,946 57,376 93 -85,731 -7,375
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FUTURES + OPTS Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 250,596 5,854 217,515 -10,062 -469,682 -10,194
Soybeans 49,453 -9,858 104,770 4,472 -120,937 10,506
Soymeal -32,064 -17,100 85,351 2,847 -95,223 11,799
Soyoil 75,178 27,689 98,072 -748 -185,128 -31,099
CBOT wheat 5,212 15,027 83,343 -7,790 -76,031 1,498
KCBT wheat 49,946 3,819 33,489 238 -78,648 -7,248
MGEX wheat 15,337 549 1,509 -98 -29,305 370
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Total wheat 70,495 19,395 118,341 -7,650 -183,984 -5,380
Live cattle 25,157 -3,613 85,660 -1,266 -123,476 4,609
Feeder cattle -4,264 -1,894 3,880 240 2,425 660
Lean hogs 75,146 9,513 57,264 1,385 -127,743 -6,481
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
Corn 60,431 7,780 -58,859 6,621 1,826,338 1,566
Soybeans 701 3,202 -33,989 -8,322 908,200 36,858
Soymeal 19,167 -893 22,769 3,347 444,953 47,757
Soyoil 2,147 184 9,731 3,976 448,531 10,339
CBOT wheat -2,038 -5,372 -10,485 -3,362 459,518 29,427
KCBT wheat -5,807 854 1,019 2,336 256,057 11,531
MGEX wheat 6,318 -413 6,141 -409 80,853 1,471
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Total wheat -1,527 -4,931 -3,325 -1,435 796,428 42,429
Live cattle 21,158 -1,491 -8,499 1,761 334,237 -16,447
Feeder cattle 558 306 -2,600 688 47,981 -126
Lean hogs 13,570 -1,233 -18,237 -3,183 324,041 19,164
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FUTURES ONLY Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 243,597 8,553 238,076 -11,366 -475,669 -11,137
Soybeans 47,145 -9,997 97,832 3,556 -120,424 16,416
Soymeal -31,889 -16,845 82,507 1,057 -104,660 7,076
Soyoil 74,476 26,852 97,663 -1,094 -184,888 -29,851
CBOT wheat 4,581 17,481 85,842 -6,805 -82,147 -988
KCBT wheat 49,217 3,600 33,774 367 -80,308 -6,868
MGEX wheat 15,202 519 1,069 -26 -29,737 474
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Total wheat 69,000 21,600 120,685 -6,464 -192,192 -7,382
Live cattle 21,787 -5,111 85,620 -244 -114,320 5,291
Feeder cattle -4,065 -1,866 3,798 350 1,730 561
Lean hogs 71,307 9,708 55,725 1,367 -112,873 -7,958
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
Corn 53,408 9,906 -59,412 4,044 1,397,458 3,436
Soybeans 4,256 -3,322 -28,809 -6,653 715,835 29,563
Soymeal 34,351 5,508 19,691 3,204 399,931 37,816
Soyoil 3,360 -181 9,389 4,274 388,128 5,211
CBOT wheat 2,731 -6,524 -11,007 -3,164 373,320 14,689
KCBT wheat -3,525 550 842 2,351 230,413 5,739
MGEX wheat 7,733 -562 5,733 -405 75,798 1,352
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Total wheat 6,939 -6,536 -4,432 -1,218 679,531 21,780
Live cattle 12,065 -1,200 -5,152 1,264 290,019 -2,058
Feeder cattle 945 520 -2,408 435 41,756 795
Lean hogs 2,122 -302 -16,281 -2,815 257,531 18,011
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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>
Live cattle <0#3CFTC057642> <0#1CFTC057642>
Feeder cattle <0#3CFTC061641> <0#1CFTC061641>
Lean hogs <0#3CFTC054642> <0#1CFTC054642>
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