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
02/26/2019
126,865
(+2,437)
228,610
(+6,551)
172,063
(+8,229)
42,025
(+2,627)
28,239
(+235)
56,532
(+1,723)
403,076
(+10,901, +3.45%)
-101,745 (-4,114, -4.21%) 10.18%
02/19/2019
124,428
(-1,228)
222,059
(-266)
163,834
(+4,013)
39,398
(+2,081)
28,004
(-1,262)
54,809
(-292)
391,831
(+1,523, +0.48%)
-97,631 (-962, -1.0%) 13.2%
02/12/2019
125,656
(-3,091)
222,325
(-332)
159,821
(+4,163)
37,317
(-1,297)
29,266
(-1,213)
55,101
(+1,488)
388,678
(-141, -0.04%)
-96,669 (-2,759, -2.94%) 13.37%
02/05/2019
128,747
(-5,117)
222,657
(+1,739)
155,658
(+3,569)
38,614
(-4,865)
30,479
(+454)
53,613
(+2,032)
386,423
(-1,094, -0.35%)
-93,910 (-6,856, -7.88%) 15.41%
01/29/2019
133,864
(-2,988)
220,918
(-2,540)
152,089
(+3,338)
43,479
(+1,747)
30,025
(+131)
51,581
(+1,274)
387,842
(+481, +0.15%)
-87,054 (-448, -0.52%) 19.7%
01/22/2019
136,852
(+619)
223,458
(-7)
148,751
(+1,823)
41,732
(+2,717)
29,894
(-593)
50,307
(-861)
389,136
(+1,849, +0.59%)
-86,606 (+626, +0.72%) 20.04%
01/15/2019
136,233
(-3,580)
223,465
(+685)
146,928
(+6,514)
39,015
(+1,457)
30,487
(+410)
51,168
(+1,202)
388,310
(+3,344, +1.08%)
-87,232 (-4,265, -5.14%) 19.57%
01/08/2019
139,813
(+5,281)
222,780
(+3,626)
140,414
(-7)
37,558
(+1,431)
30,077
(+363)
49,966
(+580)
383,428
(+5,637, +1.85%)
-82,967 (+1,655, +1.96%) 22.75%
12/31/2018
134,532
(+5,193)
219,154
(+12,158)
140,421
(+9,788)
36,127
(+308)
29,714
(+1,010)
49,386
(+3,525)
376,145
(+15,991, +5.54%)
-84,622 (-6,965, -8.97%) 20.85%
12/24/2018
129,339
(+1,509)
206,996
(+2,534)
130,633
(-1,677)
35,819
(-1,214)
28,704
(+812)
45,861
(-676)
353,417
(+644, +0.22%)
-77,657 (-1,025, -1.34%) 25.25%
12/18/2018
127,830
(+327)
204,462
(+6,294)
132,310
(+9,131)
37,033
(-813)
27,892
(-2,472)
46,537
(+1,505)
348,361
(+6,986, +2.49%)
-76,632 (-5,967, -8.44%) 25.97%
12/11/2018
127,503
(+570)
198,168
(+5,249)
123,179
(+1,243)
37,846
(-4,052)
30,364
(+2,537)
45,032
(+3,153)
339,833
(+4,350, +1.57%)
-70,665 (-4,679, -7.09%) 30.17%
12/04/2018
126,933
(-1,031)
192,919
(-138)
121,936
(+2,517)
41,898
(+11)
27,827
(-2,072)
41,879
(-459)
334,919
(-586, -0.21%)
-65,986 (-893, -1.37%) 33.46%
11/27/2018
127,964
(+96)
193,057
(+5,403)
119,419
(+6,063)
41,887
(-956)
29,899
(+482)
42,338
(+2,194)
344,291
(+6,641, +2.45%)
-65,093 (-5,307, -8.88%) 34.09%
11/20/2018
127,868
(+1,389)
187,654
(+4,450)
113,356
(+2,353)
42,843
(-518)
29,417
(+1,053)
40,144
(+863)
340,089
(+4,795, +1.8%)
-59,786 (-3,061, -5.4%) 37.83%
11/13/2018
126,479
(-6,690)
183,204
(-13,865)
111,003
(-7,999)
43,361
(-14)
28,364
(-1,859)
39,281
(-2,669)
337,792
(-16,548, -5.86%)
-56,725 (+7,175, +11.23%) 39.98%
11/06/2018
133,169
(+3,864)
197,069
(+3,256)
119,002
(-785)
43,375
(+2,910)
30,223
(+2,379)
41,950
(-708)
353,057
(+5,458, +1.97%)
-63,900 (+608, +0.94%) 34.93%
10/30/2018
129,305
(+5,780)
193,813
(+1,646)
119,787
(-1,571)
40,465
(+3,568)
27,844
(+1,605)
42,658
(+600)
344,765
(+5,814, +2.14%)
-64,508 (+4,134, +6.02%) 34.5%
10/23/2018
123,525
(-1)
192,167
(-569)
121,358
(-402)
36,897
(+213)
26,239
(-1,193)
42,058
(-1,240)
331,629
(-1,596, -0.59%)
-68,642 (+568, +0.82%) 31.59%
10/16/2018
123,526
(-3,443)
192,736
(-3,769)
121,760
(-197)
36,684
(+1,349)
27,432
(-2,338)
43,298
(-3,558)
329,921
(-5,978, -2.14%)
-69,210 (+326, +0.47%) 30.51%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays