The wheat complex held onto the weakness on Friday, with all three exchanges in the red. Chicago SRW futures were 2 to 3 1/4 cents lower on the day but pulled off the lows, as September was 8 cents lower this week. KC contracts were down 2 to 3 cents on Friday, with the weekly losses limited to 2 ½ cents for September. MPLS spring wheat posted just fractional losses, but managed a 10 ¾ cent loss since last Friday.

Friday afternoon’s Commitment of Traders report showed a total of 8,446 contracts trimmed from the spec fund net short position in CBT wheat futures and options as of July 22 to 52,041 contracts. In KC wheat, managed money was net short 43,959 contracts, a reduction of 4,043 contracts on the week.

USDA’s Export Sales data tallied 8.984 MMT of wheat sold so far for this marketing year. That is 39% of the USDA estimate and above the average sales pace of 37%.

A South Korean importer purchased a total of 85,200 MT of wheat from the US on Friday morning. Fra... Read more

Contract Specifications

Contract

Chicago Soft Red Winter Wheat

Contract Size

5,000 bushels

Tick Size

1/4 cent per bushel ($12.50 per contract)

Trading Hours

7:00p.m. - 7:45a.m. and 8:30a.m. - 1:20p.m. (Settles 1:15p.m.) (Sun-Fri) CST

Exchange

CBOT

Point Value

$50

Margin/Maintenance

$1,815/1,650

First Notice Date

04/30/19

Expiration Date

05/14/19 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Wheat May '19

Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Jul 22, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short

155,132 (+359)

94,841 (+11,167)

Non-Commercials - Long / Short

128,140 (+10,416)

182,049 (-1,196)

Producers - Long / Short

68,926 (+826)

74,398 (+8,942)

Swap Dealers - Long / Short

72,180 (-3,036)

6,417 (-344)

Managed Money - Long / Short

93,045 (+8,293)

147,034 (-752)

Other Reportables - Long / Short

35,095 (+2,123)

35,015 (-444)

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Price Performance

Period	Period Low		Period High	Performance
1-Month	416-2 +5.53% on 04/30/19	Period Open: 464-4	464-0 -5.33% on 04/15/19	-25-2 (-5.44%) since 04/12/19
3-Month	416-2 +5.53% on 04/30/19	Period Open: 510-4	512-2 -14.25% on 02/15/19	-71-2 (-13.96%) since 02/14/19
52-Week	416-2 +5.53% on 04/30/19	Period Open: 559-0	630-2 -30.31% on 08/02/18	-119-6 (-21.42%) since 05/14/18

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