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
05/22/2018
148,658
(-4,023)
157,758
(-1,614)
110,657
(+1,374)
98,410
(+431)
36,115
(+63)
39,262
(-1,403)
359,160
(-2,586, -0.87%)
-9,100 (-2,409, -36.0%) 71.91%
05/15/2018
152,681
(+3,125)
159,372
(-1,854)
109,283
(-1,323)
97,979
(+5,434)
36,052
(+1,860)
40,665
(+82)
358,064
(+3,662, +1.24%)
-6,691 (+4,979, +42.66%) 73.57%
05/08/2018
149,556
(+3,662)
161,226
(+3,796)
110,606
(+5,251)
92,545
(+4,330)
34,192
(-913)
40,583
(-126)
360,530
(+8,000, +2.79%)
-11,670 (-134, -1.16%) 70.14%
05/01/2018
145,894
(-368)
157,430
(-4,144)
105,355
(-5,209)
88,215
(+371)
35,105
(+2,887)
40,709
(+1,083)
351,026
(-2,690, -0.93%)
-11,536 (+3,776, +24.66%) 70.23%
04/24/2018
146,262
(+1,965)
161,574
(-2,793)
110,564
(-4,133)
87,844
(+2,213)
32,218
(+356)
39,626
(-1,232)
346,558
(-1,812, -0.62%)
-15,312 (+4,758, +23.71%) 67.63%
04/17/2018
144,297
(+73)
164,367
(-4,927)
114,697
(-2,251)
85,631
(+3,662)
31,862
(-1,102)
40,858
(-2,015)
344,649
(-3,280, -1.12%)
-20,070 (+5,000, +19.94%) 64.35%
04/10/2018
144,224
(-1,480)
169,294
(-9,013)
116,948
(-3,778)
81,969
(+6,385)
32,964
(+2,065)
42,873
(-565)
348,516
(-3,193, -1.07%)
-25,070 (+7,533, +23.11%) 60.91%
04/03/2018
145,704
(-2,507)
178,307
(-10,221)
120,726
(+3,028)
75,584
(+14,313)
30,899
(+864)
43,438
(-2,707)
356,975
(+1,385, +0.47%)
-32,603 (+7,714, +19.13%) 55.72%
03/27/2018
148,211
(+4,770)
188,528
(-10,638)
117,698
(-5,452)
61,271
(+11,403)
30,035
(+548)
46,145
(-899)
357,162
(-134, -0.05%)
-40,317 (+15,408, +27.65%) 50.41%
03/20/2018
143,441
(-36)
199,166
(-12,464)
123,150
(-9,317)
49,868
(+5,561)
29,487
(-312)
47,044
(-2,762)
356,462
(-9,665, -3.16%)
-55,725 (+12,428, +18.24%) 39.8%
03/13/2018
143,477
(-3,090)
211,630
(-10,986)
132,467
(-10,016)
44,307
(-1,961)
29,799
(+1,717)
49,806
(+1,558)
362,117
(-11,389, -3.59%)
-68,153 (+7,896, +10.38%) 31.24%
03/06/2018
146,567
(+4,366)
222,616
(-2,992)
142,483
(-10,729)
46,268
(-2,205)
28,082
(+510)
48,248
(-656)
372,271
(-5,853, -1.81%)
-76,049 (+7,358, +8.82%) 25.8%
02/27/2018
142,201
(+1,986)
225,608
(+832)
153,212
(-1,515)
48,473
(+765)
27,572
(+629)
48,904
(-497)
376,912
(+1,100, +0.34%)
-83,407 (+1,154, +1.36%) 20.73%
02/20/2018
140,215
(-2,993)
224,776
(+2,896)
154,727
(+10,485)
47,708
(+3,780)
26,943
(+525)
49,401
(+1,341)
374,545
(+8,017, +2.55%)
-84,561 (-5,889, -7.49%) 19.94%
02/13/2018
143,208
(-4,309)
221,880
(-4,896)
144,242
(-246)
43,928
(+1,427)
26,418
(+330)
48,060
(-756)
367,150
(-4,225, -1.33%)
-78,672 (+587, +0.74%) 23.99%
02/06/2018
147,517
(+666)
226,776
(+7,396)
144,488
(+6,468)
42,501
(-1,476)
26,088
(-106)
48,816
(+1,108)
370,240
(+7,028, +2.26%)
-79,259 (-6,730, -9.28%) 23.59%
01/30/2018
146,851
(+3,099)
219,380
(+5,867)
138,020
(+5,647)
43,977
(+3,064)
26,194
(+843)
47,708
(+658)
364,909
(+9,589, +3.18%)
-72,529 (-2,768, -3.97%) 28.23%
01/23/2018
143,752
(+1,653)
213,513
(+5,232)
132,373
(+8,564)
40,913
(-546)
25,351
(-3,225)
47,050
(+2,306)
356,761
(+6,992, +2.37%)
-69,761 (-3,579, -5.41%) 30.13%
01/16/2018
142,099
(+2,350)
208,281
(-1,071)
123,809
(-2,597)
41,459
(+3,390)
28,576
(+1,953)
44,744
(-613)
353,365
(+1,706, +0.58%)
-66,182 (+3,421, +4.92%) 32.6%
01/09/2018
139,749
(-1,339)
209,352
(-7,217)
126,406
(+821)
38,069
(+5,945)
26,623
(+1,042)
45,357
(+1,796)
345,392
(+524, +0.18%)
-69,603 (+5,878, +7.79%) 30.24%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays