Storage Signal

Nov 6 settle
Jan → Mar
Inverted · −4.53

Carry (+) means later months trade above the nearby: the market is paying toward storage. Inverted (−) means the nearby trades above later months. Not trading advice.

Futures Chain

9 contracts
GFX26 Nov 2026 OI 6,486 322.33 ¢/lb -2.73 -0.84%
GFF27 Jan 2027 OI 27,402 318.38 ¢/lb -1.95 -0.61%
GFH27 Mar 2027 OI 13,034 313.85 ¢/lb -2.08 -0.66%
GFJ27 Apr 2027 OI 6,186 312.60 ¢/lb -2.15 -0.68%
GFK27 May 2027 OI 4,453 311.23 ¢/lb -1.93 -0.61%
GFQ27 Aug 2027 OI 2,215 312.83 ¢/lb -1.78 -0.56%
GFU27 Sep 2027 OI 223 310.85 ¢/lb -1.55 -0.50%
GFV27 Oct 2027 OI 111 308.13 ¢/lb -2.15 -0.69%
GFX27 Nov 2027 OI 2 305.10 ¢/lb -2.15 -0.70%

Open interest (OI) is how many contracts are still open in each month.

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Nov 3
Managed moneySold 2.1K on the week · net long for over 2 years
+11.3K
Producers and merchantsLong 8.1K · short 15.3K · net +2.5K on the week
−7.2K
Open interest Down 4.5K on the week · 265 traders
92.1K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), CME feeder cattle futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Nov 3, published Friday, Nov 6; the next report (Nov 10 positions) is out Monday, Nov 16 at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 50,000 pounds.

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Storage Signal. Worked out from the futures themselves: the front month against the next, and old crop against new while the front month is old crop, at the latest trades while the market is open, else at the last settle.

Futures Chain. Every CME contract month now trading, with its last price, the day’s change and its open interest.

Commitments of Traders. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (disaggregated): the open positions of each kind of large trader as of Tuesday’s close, published Fridays at 3:30 pm ET (the following Monday in a holiday week).

Market Data: Futures price data on Farmbucks is provided by DTN, CME Group, and ICE. Cash basis is from USDA AMS daily grain bid reports; positioning is from the CFTC's Commitments of Traders; the natural gas outlook and storage are from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This data is for informational purposes only, may be subject to delays or inaccuracies, and is not trading advice. Please consult official sources or your broker for trading decisions.