Cotton Back to Mixed Midday Trade, as USDA Hikes Production

Cotton futures are trading mixed on Friday, with contracts up 8 points to down 3 across the front months. Crude oil is steady, down just 3 cents per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.180 higher.

The NASS Cotton Ginnings report from Friday showed a 487,900 RB of cotton ginned in the last two week of September, with the marketing year total at 917,150 RB.

Crop Production data raised yield by 14 lbs/ac to 790 lbs. That added another 240,000 bales to production at 13.44 million bales. US ending stocks via the WASDE were up 200,000 bale to 3.8 million.

Harvest may be slowed in parts of the Southeast over the weekend, with hurricane Isaias bringing 2 to 5 inches across much of the region from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic.

The Seam reported just 91 bales sold on October 8, at an average of 72.51 cents/lb. The Cotlook A index was back down 105 points on Thursday at 90.65. ICE certified cotton stocks were unchanged on 10/8, with the certified stocks level at 17,756 bales. The Adjusted World Price was down another 135 points on Thursday to 63.81 cents/lb

Dec 26 Cotton  is at 80.02, up 8 points,

Mar 27 Cotton  is at 83.09, up 6 points,

May 27 Cotton  is at 84.71, down 3 points

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