Live Cattle

Futures Continuous le.c
Open Interest 329,644 (+5,339, +1.91%)
Commercial Net -77,472 (-3,489, -4.72%)
Large Spec Net 89,349 (+3,410)
Small Traders Net -11,877 (+79)
COT Index 27.88% As of 01/20/2026
Last Update 01/20 Weekly Report
Live Cattle Price
Futures Continuous • D / W / M
COT Positioning Chart
Net positions over time
Live Cattle COT Index
Current positioning
0% = Lowest in 3 years | 50% = Middle | 100% = Highest
COT Positioning Trends
Line chart trends
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Historical COT Data
20 records with weekly changes
Date Commercials Large Speculators Small Traders Open Interest Net Commercial COT Index
Long Short Long Short Long Short
12/03/2019
139,466
(+3,519)
195,664
(+2,748)
140,036
(+827)
61,709
(+1,952)
27,571
(-2,496)
49,700
(-2,850)
382,583
(+1,850, +0.61%)
-56,198 (+771, +1.35%) 60.12%
11/26/2019
135,947
(+4,038)
192,916
(+3,798)
139,209
(+3,701)
59,757
(+3,486)
30,067
(+2,768)
52,550
(+3,223)
384,203
(+10,507, +3.57%)
-56,969 (+240, +0.42%) 59.5%
11/19/2019
131,909
(+4,278)
189,118
(+4,032)
135,508
(+7,207)
56,271
(+2,606)
27,299
(-2,617)
49,327
(+2,230)
369,746
(+8,868, +3.1%)
-57,209 (+246, +0.43%) 59.31%
11/12/2019
127,631
(-825)
185,086
(+7,533)
128,301
(+8,643)
53,665
(-2,964)
29,916
(+1,352)
47,097
(+4,601)
352,270
(+9,170, +3.31%)
-57,455 (-8,358, -17.02%) 59.11%
11/05/2019
128,456
(+8,299)
177,553
(+19,278)
119,658
(+17,027)
56,629
(+1,306)
28,564
(+441)
42,496
(+5,183)
349,203
(+25,767, +10.27%)
-49,097 (-10,979, -28.8%) 65.84%
10/29/2019
120,157
(+1,285)
158,275
(+5,516)
102,631
(+6,936)
55,323
(+1,852)
28,123
(-1,732)
37,313
(-879)
318,668
(+6,489, +2.65%)
-38,118 (-4,231, -12.49%) 74.69%
10/22/2019
118,872
(-311)
152,759
(+4,552)
95,695
(+5,402)
53,471
(-1,542)
29,855
(-2,419)
38,192
(-338)
306,948
(+2,672, +1.11%)
-33,887 (-4,863, -16.76%) 78.09%
10/15/2019
119,183
(-3,245)
148,207
(+2,325)
90,293
(+3,382)
55,013
(-4,208)
32,274
(-1,173)
38,530
(+847)
300,028
(-1,036, -0.43%)
-29,024 (-5,570, -23.75%) 81.6%
10/08/2019
122,428
(+4,144)
145,882
(-334)
86,911
(-4,989)
59,221
(-3,391)
33,447
(-1,461)
37,683
(+1,419)
303,580
(-2,306, -0.94%)
-23,454 (+4,478, +16.03%) 86.06%
10/01/2019
118,284
(+654)
146,216
(+3,361)
91,900
(-1,805)
62,612
(-9,596)
34,908
(-2,897)
36,264
(+2,187)
313,045
(-4,048, -1.62%)
-27,932 (-2,707, -10.73%) 82.47%
09/24/2019
117,630
(-2,671)
142,855
(-3,078)
93,705
(-2,538)
72,208
(-2,224)
37,805
(-175)
34,077
(-82)
325,373
(-5,384, -2.12%)
-25,225 (+407, +1.59%) 84.64%
09/17/2019
120,301
(-5,392)
145,933
(-4,008)
96,243
(+2,350)
74,432
(+593)
37,980
(-1,428)
34,159
(-1,055)
335,187
(-4,470, -1.73%)
-25,632 (-1,384, -5.71%) 84.32%
09/10/2019
125,693
(+3,257)
149,941
(-7,300)
93,893
(-422)
73,839
(+9,074)
39,408
(+3,004)
35,214
(+4,065)
355,921
(+5,839, +2.31%)
-24,248 (+10,557, +30.33%) 85.34%
09/03/2019
122,436
(+1,289)
157,241
(+249)
94,315
(+1,896)
64,765
(+3,708)
36,404
(+505)
31,149
(-267)
343,125
(+3,690, +1.48%)
-34,805 (+1,040, +2.9%) 76.89%
08/27/2019
121,147
(-34)
156,992
(+686)
92,419
(+1,225)
61,057
(+638)
35,899
(+776)
31,416
(+643)
332,840
(+1,967, +0.79%)
-35,845 (-720, -2.05%) 76.06%
08/20/2019
121,181
(+2,269)
156,306
(-6,455)
91,194
(-2,270)
60,419
(+11,687)
35,123
(+3,392)
30,773
(-1,841)
329,720
(+3,391, +1.39%)
-35,125 (+8,724, +19.9%) 76.63%
08/13/2019
118,912
(-1,344)
162,761
(-1,104)
93,464
(-3,068)
48,732
(+1,388)
31,731
(+2,201)
32,614
(-2,495)
317,899
(-2,211, -0.9%)
-43,849 (-240, -0.55%) 69.65%
08/06/2019
120,256
(+1,430)
163,865
(-4,603)
96,532
(-4,383)
47,344
(+3,054)
29,530
(+171)
35,109
(-1,233)
314,504
(-2,782, -1.12%)
-43,609 (+6,033, +12.15%) 69.84%
07/30/2019
118,826
(-1,542)
168,468
(-126)
100,915
(+1,341)
44,290
(-1,794)
29,359
(-281)
36,342
(+1,438)
320,726
(-482, -0.19%)
-49,642 (-1,416, -2.94%) 65.01%
07/23/2019
120,368
(+1,384)
168,594
(-110)
99,574
(-2,735)
46,084
(-919)
29,640
(-905)
34,904
(-1,227)
323,342
(-2,256, -0.9%)
-48,226 (+1,494, +3.0%) 66.14%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays