Storage Signal

Latest trades
Oct → Dec
Carry · +3.25

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 32,222 219.18 ¢/lb +1.73 +0.79%
LEZ26 Dec 2026 OI 119,888 222.43 ¢/lb +1.63 +0.74%
LEG27 Feb 2027 OI 52,522 224.40 ¢/lb +1.45 +0.65%
LEJ27 Apr 2027 OI 44,121 225.98 ¢/lb +1.20 +0.53%
LEM27 Jun 2027 OI 23,024 221.08 ¢/lb +1.20 +0.55%
LEQ27 Aug 2027 OI 12,767 217.88 ¢/lb +1.23 +0.57%
LEV27 Oct 2027 OI 3,202 216.30 ¢/lb +1.13 +0.52%
LEZ27 Dec 2027 OI 1,183 216.55 ¢/lb +1.00 +0.46%
LEG28 Feb 2028 OI 466 215.60 ¢/lb -0.58 -0.27%
LEJ28 Apr 2028 OI 93 215.78 ¢/lb -0.58 -0.27%

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

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Sep 22
Managed moneyBought 1.7K on the week · net long for at least five years
+47.0K
Producers and merchantsLong 75.4K · short 170K · net +674 on the week
−94.5K
Open interest Up 14.1K on the week · 413 traders
414K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), CME live 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 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.