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
03/28/2017
127,038
(+3,937)
215,406
(+12,042)
158,463
(+12,480)
46,448
(+3,641)
33,415
(+2,149)
57,062
(+2,883)
388,405
(+18,566, +6.18%)
-88,368 (-8,105, -10.1%) 10.32%
03/21/2017
123,101
(+4,041)
203,364
(+10,595)
145,983
(+10,015)
42,807
(+227)
31,266
(-1,317)
54,179
(+1,917)
367,767
(+12,739, +4.43%)
-80,263 (-6,554, -8.89%) 16.37%
03/14/2017
119,060
(-275)
192,769
(+3,281)
135,968
(+4,202)
42,580
(+956)
32,583
(+1,477)
52,262
(+1,167)
349,874
(+5,404, +1.91%)
-73,709 (-3,556, -5.07%) 21.27%
03/07/2017
119,335
(+257)
189,488
(+650)
131,766
(+69)
41,624
(+118)
31,106
(+1,659)
51,095
(+1,217)
338,857
(+1,985, +0.71%)
-70,153 (-393, -0.56%) 23.92%
02/28/2017
119,078
(-2,816)
188,838
(+2,503)
131,697
(+3,193)
41,506
(+1,371)
29,447
(+1,834)
49,878
(-1,663)
335,075
(+2,211, +0.8%)
-69,760 (-5,319, -8.25%) 24.22%
02/21/2017
121,894
(+424)
186,335
(-3,550)
128,504
(-1,417)
40,135
(+1,232)
27,613
(-406)
51,541
(+919)
326,967
(-1,399, -0.5%)
-64,441 (+3,974, +5.81%) 28.19%
02/14/2017
121,470
(+835)
189,885
(-3,505)
129,921
(-7,460)
38,903
(-2,043)
28,019
(-3,087)
50,622
(-4,164)
327,514
(-9,712, -3.36%)
-68,415 (+4,340, +5.97%) 25.22%
02/07/2017
120,635
(-232)
193,390
(+1,539)
137,381
(-5,766)
40,946
(-5,908)
31,106
(+270)
54,786
(-1,359)
338,623
(-5,728, -1.94%)
-72,755 (-1,771, -2.49%) 21.98%
01/31/2017
120,867
(+1,366)
191,851
(+2,439)
143,147
(-1,246)
46,854
(-1,515)
30,836
(+1,105)
56,145
(+301)
350,015
(+1,225, +0.42%)
-70,984 (-1,073, -1.53%) 23.3%
01/24/2017
119,501
(+4,963)
189,412
(+5,557)
144,393
(+4,505)
48,369
(+3,227)
29,731
(+1,581)
55,844
(+2,265)
349,379
(+11,049, +3.91%)
-69,911 (-594, -0.86%) 24.11%
01/17/2017
114,538
(+6,322)
183,855
(+7,018)
139,888
(+5,021)
45,142
(+2,582)
28,150
(+172)
53,579
(+1,915)
336,427
(+11,515, +4.25%)
-69,317 (-696, -1.01%) 24.55%
01/10/2017
108,216
(+4,784)
176,837
(+7,777)
134,867
(+3,169)
42,560
(-551)
27,978
(+1,796)
51,664
(+2,523)
323,835
(+9,749, +3.73%)
-68,621 (-2,993, -4.56%) 25.07%
01/03/2017
103,432
(-4,809)
169,060
(-2,285)
131,698
(+1,316)
43,111
(-282)
26,182
(+732)
49,141
(-194)
306,995
(-2,761, -1.05%)
-65,628 (-2,524, -4.0%) 27.3%
12/27/2016
108,241
(+1,409)
171,345
(+5,910)
130,382
(+4,278)
43,393
(-1,638)
25,450
(-237)
49,335
(+1,178)
307,654
(+5,450, +2.11%)
-63,104 (-4,501, -7.68%) 29.19%
12/20/2016
106,832
(+2,677)
165,435
(+9,448)
126,104
(+7,356)
45,031
(-1,395)
25,687
(-1,965)
48,157
(+15)
300,306
(+8,068, +3.22%)
-58,603 (-6,771, -13.06%) 32.55%
12/13/2016
104,155
(+2,433)
155,987
(+6,307)
118,748
(+4,726)
46,426
(-507)
27,652
(-1,106)
48,142
(+253)
288,630
(+6,053, +2.48%)
-51,832 (-3,874, -8.08%) 37.61%
12/06/2016
101,722
(-4,232)
149,680
(+5,314)
114,022
(+2,885)
46,933
(-6,856)
28,758
(+1,286)
47,889
(+1,481)
283,740
(-61, -0.02%)
-47,958 (-9,546, -24.85%) 40.5%
11/29/2016
105,954
(-960)
144,366
(+9,063)
111,137
(+4,239)
53,789
(-6,617)
27,472
(+2,519)
46,408
(+3,352)
288,547
(+5,798, +2.43%)
-38,412 (-10,023, -35.31%) 47.63%
11/22/2016
106,914
(+1,901)
135,303
(+15,709)
106,898
(+7,596)
60,406
(-10,314)
24,953
(+925)
43,056
(+5,027)
282,892
(+10,422, +4.56%)
-28,389 (-13,808, -94.7%) 55.12%
11/15/2016
105,013
(-504)
119,594
(+2,974)
99,302
(+1,197)
70,720
(-4,054)
24,028
(-455)
38,029
(+1,318)
273,699
(+238, +0.1%)
-14,581 (-3,478, -31.32%) 65.44%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays