Nov 5 (Reuters) - Large speculators raised their net long position in Chicago Board of Trade corn futures in the week to Nov. 2, 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 long position in soybeans.
SUPPLEMENTAL Non-Comm Indexes Comm
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 245,810 71,106 395,020 4,626 -584,829 -70,754
Soybeans 10,480 13,495 198,909 6,009 -168,245 -13,616
Soyoil 47,034 -2,294 124,917 1,071 -185,311 -92
CBOT wheat -13,120 16,104 115,555 -6,994 -96,249 -11,874
KCBT wheat 30,355 3,450 60,771 1,833 -92,079 -4,626
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FUTURES + OPTS Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 324,560 79,770 220,975 -3,981 -559,794 -67,967
Soybeans 42,681 18,770 148,422 5,205 -173,655 -16,208
Soymeal -6,334 8,807 87,430 1,334 -131,852 -8,880
Soyoil 88,748 3,117 97,635 -2,768 -193,138 2,551
CBOT wheat 5,900 14,518 67,392 -11,674 -70,608 -6,486
KCBT wheat 57,315 4,342 33,598 2,040 -85,828 -6,859
MGEX wheat 17,389 876 1,906 313 -35,352 -966
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Total wheat 80,604 19,736 102,896 -9,321 -191,788 -14,311
Live cattle 38,181 -4,730 83,783 -1,182 -132,062 3,267
Feeder cattle -4,952 -3,527 4,096 222 1,910 2,113
Lean hogs 36,782 -7,891 59,004 1,140 -96,715 7,635
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
Corn 70,260 -2,843 -56,001 -4,979 1,988,278 107,459
Soybeans 23,697 -1,881 -41,144 -5,888 728,618 -34,000
Soymeal 22,618 -346 28,137 -915 492,363 7,822
Soyoil -6,605 -4,212 13,360 1,314 488,744 10,495
CBOT wheat 3,503 878 -6,185 2,763 527,595 31,735
KCBT wheat -6,037 1,133 954 -657 265,646 1,511
MGEX wheat 10,604 655 5,453 -879 85,645 3,242
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Total wheat 8,070 2,666 222 1,227 878,886 36,488
Live cattle 19,735 698 -9,636 1,947 347,163 13,493
Feeder cattle -151 -1,111 -903 2,301 48,249 1,717
Lean hogs 15,427 -2,194 -14,498 1,308 289,390 -3,065
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FUTURES ONLY Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
Corn 318,824 83,617 243,732 -86 -564,117 -68,240
Soybeans 43,008 18,248 144,999 5,804 -164,884 -15,512
Soymeal -6,441 8,519 85,835 2,024 -140,926 -8,594
Soyoil 88,203 3,537 97,254 -2,569 -200,839 808
CBOT wheat 4,612 16,183 67,490 -12,642 -78,631 -7,252
KCBT wheat 56,041 4,198 34,541 1,993 -86,530 -6,112
MGEX wheat 17,285 897 1,645 243 -36,474 -922
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Total wheat 77,938 21,278 103,676 -10,406 -201,635 -14,286
Live cattle 34,030 -4,256 84,206 -1,409 -120,923 2,587
Feeder cattle -4,761 -3,392 4,014 141 1,202 1,635
Lean hogs 33,623 -8,392 56,955 1,261 -88,730 5,727
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
Corn 64,285 -8,318 -62,724 -6,973 1,506,602 67,672
Soybeans 15,748 -2,722 -38,871 -5,818 620,172 -38,788
Soymeal 37,212 -1,167 24,320 -782 447,015 5,782
Soyoil 2,928 -3,132 12,454 1,356 426,455 8,082
CBOT wheat 13,284 950 -6,755 2,761 409,137 3,512
KCBT wheat -4,745 537 693 -616 235,472 -1,469
MGEX wheat 12,185 500 5,359 -718 76,945 1,866
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Total wheat 20,724 1,987 -703 1,427 721,554 3,909
Live cattle 7,864 1,172 -5,177 1,906 296,599 10,843
Feeder cattle 304 -359 -759 1,975 42,349 2,584
Lean hogs 12,342 300 -14,190 1,104 233,482 -957
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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>
Additional CFTC data can be found at 0#CFTC or CFTCGUIDE or the CFTC website at
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