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Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 12:15 PM 1 min read
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Cotton futures are trading with midday losses of 47 to 63 cents so far on Wednesday. The US dollar index was back down $0.327 to $97.600, as crude oil futures are down another 84 cents.
USDA showed a total of 840,000 planted acres and 1.3 million harvested acres cut from cotton on Tuesday with yield up 53 lbs to 862 lbs/ac. Production was still trimmed by 1.39 million bales to 13.21 million bales. That, mixed with a 100,000 bale cut to old crop stocks to 4 million bales, helped to tighten the new crop stocks. That was down 1 million bales to 3.6 million with a 500,000 bale cut to exports.
The Seam reported 1,066 bales sold on the Tuesday online auction at an average price of 60.98 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was back up 20 points at 78.20 cents on August 12. ICE cotton stocks were steady on 8/11, with the certified stocks level at 18,242 bales. USDA’s Adjusted World Price (AWP) was down 13 points on Thursday afternoon at 54.39 cents/lb.
Oct 25 Cotton is at 66.6, down 47 points,
Dec 25 Cotton is at 67.76, down 63 points,
Mar 26 Cotton is at 69.33, down 51 points
On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. This article was originally published on Barchart.com
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