Storage Signal

Latest trades
Dec → Feb
Carry · +2.90

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

10 contracts
LEV26 Oct 2026 OI 7,710 227.50 ¢/lb -0.05 -0.02%
LEZ26 Dec 2026 OI 113,138 228.03 ¢/lb -0.33 -0.14%
LEG27 Feb 2027 OI 60,656 230.93 ¢/lb +0.05 +0.02%
LEJ27 Apr 2027 OI 50,335 232.53 ¢/lb +0.30 +0.13%
LEM27 Jun 2027 OI 31,003 226.95 ¢/lb +0.13 +0.06%
LEQ27 Aug 2027 OI 15,395 223.45 ¢/lb +0.18 +0.08%
LEV27 Oct 2027 OI 6,621 221.85 ¢/lb +0.15 +0.07%
LEZ27 Dec 2027 OI 2,644 222.35 ¢/lb +0.15 +0.07%
LEG28 Feb 2028 OI 968 222.53 ¢/lb +0.28 +0.12%
LEJ28 Apr 2028 OI 145 222.28 ¢/lb +0.28 +0.12%

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

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 13
Managed moneySold 2.2K on the week · net long for at least five years
+48.7K
Producers and merchantsLong 66.0K · short 173K · net −2.0K on the week
−107K
Open interest Up 2.7K on the week · 414 traders
390K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), CME live cattle futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Oct 13, published Friday, Oct 16; the next report (Oct 20 positions) is out Friday, Oct 23 at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 40,000 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.