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
01/02/2018
141,088
(+1,452)
216,569
(+1,020)
125,585
(+376)
32,124
(+1,650)
25,581
(+160)
43,561
(-682)
339,523
(+1,988, +0.68%)
-75,481 (+432, +0.57%) 26.19%
12/26/2017
139,636
(+1,068)
215,549
(-7,095)
125,209
(-6,230)
30,474
(+2,557)
25,421
(-198)
44,243
(-822)
331,898
(-5,360, -1.81%)
-75,913 (+8,163, +9.71%) 25.89%
12/19/2017
138,568
(+1,716)
222,644
(-4,683)
131,439
(-6,832)
27,917
(+486)
25,619
(-543)
45,065
(-1,462)
334,657
(-5,659, -1.88%)
-84,076 (+6,399, +7.07%) 20.27%
12/12/2017
136,852
(-649)
227,327
(-10,434)
138,271
(-18,854)
27,431
(-5,156)
26,162
(-28)
46,527
(-3,941)
338,330
(-19,531, -6.09%)
-90,475 (+9,785, +9.76%) 15.87%
12/05/2017
137,501
(-663)
237,761
(-4,485)
157,125
(-5,763)
32,587
(-1,557)
26,190
(-1,604)
50,468
(-1,988)
361,073
(-8,030, -2.44%)
-100,260 (+3,822, +3.67%) 9.13%
11/28/2017
138,164
(+3,816)
242,246
(+3,642)
162,888
(-1,821)
34,144
(-576)
27,794
(+1,120)
52,456
(+49)
378,955
(+3,115, +0.96%)
-104,082 (+174, +0.17%) 6.5%
11/21/2017
134,348
(+3,142)
238,604
(-1,631)
164,709
(-11,441)
34,720
(-2,887)
26,674
(+1,557)
52,407
(-2,224)
379,776
(-6,742, -2.03%)
-104,256 (+4,773, +4.38%) 6.38%
11/14/2017
131,206
(+2,216)
240,235
(+1,232)
176,150
(-2,666)
37,607
(-2,451)
25,117
(+504)
54,631
(+1,273)
386,037
(+54, +0.02%)
-109,029 (+984, +0.89%) 3.09%
11/07/2017
128,990
(+2,976)
239,003
(+12,687)
178,816
(+11,360)
40,058
(+111)
24,613
(+1,425)
53,358
(+2,963)
382,837
(+15,761, +4.98%)
-110,013 (-9,711, -9.68%) 2.41%
10/31/2017
126,014
(+901)
226,316
(+7,576)
167,456
(+14,056)
39,947
(+6,175)
23,188
(-621)
50,395
(+585)
354,471
(+14,336, +4.74%)
-100,302 (-6,675, -7.13%) 9.1%
10/24/2017
125,113
(-1,344)
218,740
(+4,999)
153,400
(+6,482)
33,772
(-113)
23,809
(-218)
49,810
(+34)
335,944
(+4,920, +1.65%)
-93,627 (-6,343, -7.27%) 13.7%
10/17/2017
126,457
(+760)
213,741
(+248)
146,918
(+1,367)
33,885
(+417)
24,027
(-2,291)
49,776
(-829)
330,237
(-164, -0.06%)
-87,284 (+512, +0.58%) 18.06%
10/10/2017
125,697
(-2,048)
213,493
(+979)
145,551
(+981)
33,468
(-4,019)
26,318
(+836)
50,605
(+2,809)
329,911
(-231, -0.08%)
-87,796 (-3,027, -3.57%) 17.71%
10/03/2017
127,745
(-1,374)
212,514
(+7,439)
144,570
(+2,618)
37,487
(-6,029)
25,482
(-563)
47,796
(-729)
333,751
(+681, +0.23%)
-84,769 (-8,813, -11.6%) 19.8%
09/26/2017
129,119
(+4,293)
205,075
(+10,574)
141,952
(+5,604)
43,516
(+334)
26,045
(+647)
48,525
(-364)
337,971
(+10,544, +3.68%)
-75,956 (-6,281, -9.01%) 25.86%
09/19/2017
124,826
(+337)
194,501
(+5,572)
136,348
(+2,205)
43,182
(-3,125)
25,398
(+1,268)
48,889
(+1,363)
326,758
(+3,810, +1.35%)
-69,675 (-5,235, -8.12%) 30.19%
09/12/2017
124,489
(-4,901)
188,929
(-3,001)
134,143
(+3,473)
46,307
(-1,202)
24,130
(+1,428)
47,526
(+4,203)
319,502
(0, 0.0%)
-64,440 (-1,900, -3.04%) 33.8%
09/05/2017
129,390
(+594)
191,930
(-3,469)
130,670
(-2,669)
47,509
(+582)
22,702
(-434)
43,323
(+378)
315,133
(-2,509, -0.88%)
-62,540 (+4,063, +6.1%) 35.1%
08/29/2017
128,796
(+943)
195,399
(-6,912)
133,339
(+883)
46,927
(+7,451)
23,136
(-309)
42,945
(+978)
316,265
(+1,517, +0.53%)
-66,603 (+7,855, +10.55%) 32.31%
08/22/2017
127,853
(+3,888)
202,311
(+1,897)
132,456
(-910)
39,476
(-264)
23,445
(-1,688)
41,967
(-343)
313,561
(+1,290, +0.46%)
-74,458 (+1,991, +2.6%) 26.9%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays