Storage Signal

Latest trades
Oct → Nov
Inverted · −2.48

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
GFV26 Oct 2026 OI 9,988 334.15 ¢/lb +2.25 +0.68%
GFX26 Nov 2026 OI 23,308 331.68 ¢/lb +2.40 +0.73%
GFF27 Jan 2027 OI 15,903 324.48 ¢/lb +2.50 +0.78%
GFH27 Mar 2027 OI 6,364 320.83 ¢/lb +2.58 +0.81%
GFJ27 Apr 2027 OI 2,899 320.25 ¢/lb +2.35 +0.74%
GFK27 May 2027 OI 2,483 319.45 ¢/lb +2.75 +0.87%
GFQ27 Aug 2027 OI 973 319.83 ¢/lb +2.38 +0.75%
GFU27 Sep 2027 OI 35 316.55 ¢/lb +1.20 +0.38%
GFV27 Oct 2027 OI 4 313.50 ¢/lb -1.50 -0.48%

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

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Sep 22
Managed moneyBought 208 on the week · net long for over 2 years
+6.9K
Producers and merchantsLong 11.5K · short 14.9K · net +229 on the week
−3.4K
Open interest Up 3.2K on the week · 275 traders
97.6K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), CME feeder cattle futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Sep 22, published Friday, Sep 25; the next report (Sep 29 positions) is out Friday, Oct 2 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.