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
11/08/2016
105,517
(-1,821)
116,620
(-4,017)
98,105
(-5,587)
74,774
(-2,721)
24,483
(+325)
36,711
(-345)
273,341
(-7,083, -3.01%)
-11,103 (+2,196, +16.51%) 68.03%
11/01/2016
107,338
(+2,423)
120,637
(+8,125)
103,692
(-274)
77,495
(-7,200)
24,158
(-1,135)
37,056
(+89)
275,224
(+1,014, +0.43%)
-13,299 (-5,702, -75.06%) 66.39%
10/25/2016
104,915
(+4,957)
112,512
(+6,491)
103,966
(+1,662)
84,695
(-3,758)
25,293
(-1,660)
36,967
(+2,226)
273,170
(+4,959, +2.16%)
-7,597 (-1,534, -25.3%) 70.65%
10/18/2016
99,958
(+2,684)
106,021
(-229)
102,304
(+1,038)
88,453
(+3,527)
26,953
(-81)
34,741
(+343)
268,448
(+3,641, +1.61%)
-6,063 (+2,913, +32.45%) 71.8%
10/11/2016
97,274
(-265)
106,250
(-1,342)
101,266
(-4,819)
84,926
(-3,601)
27,034
(+2,007)
34,398
(+1,866)
263,180
(-3,077, -1.35%)
-8,976 (+1,077, +10.71%) 69.62%
10/04/2016
97,539
(+511)
107,592
(+2,797)
106,085
(-2,605)
88,527
(-2,142)
25,027
(+828)
32,532
(-1,921)
264,662
(-1,266, -0.55%)
-10,053 (-2,286, -29.43%) 68.82%
09/27/2016
97,028
(+3,342)
104,795
(+4,470)
108,690
(+2,635)
90,669
(-754)
24,199
(-2,177)
34,453
(+84)
266,390
(+3,800, +1.68%)
-7,767 (-1,128, -16.99%) 70.53%
09/20/2016
93,686
(-125)
100,325
(+572)
106,055
(+983)
91,423
(-690)
26,376
(-584)
34,369
(+392)
261,549
(+274, +0.12%)
-6,639 (-697, -11.73%) 71.37%
09/13/2016
93,811
(-53)
99,753
(-3,524)
105,072
(+1,676)
92,113
(+4,183)
26,960
(+557)
33,977
(+1,521)
260,424
(+2,180, +0.97%)
-5,942 (+3,471, +36.87%) 71.89%
09/06/2016
93,864
(+5,133)
103,277
(+2,165)
103,396
(+4,020)
87,930
(+8,623)
26,403
(+1,281)
32,456
(-354)
263,449
(+10,434, +4.89%)
-9,413 (+2,968, +23.97%) 69.3%
08/30/2016
88,731
(+2,938)
101,112
(-8,122)
99,376
(+3,147)
79,307
(+16,075)
25,122
(+923)
32,810
(-945)
255,282
(+7,008, +3.4%)
-12,381 (+11,060, +47.18%) 67.08%
08/23/2016
85,793
(-5,372)
109,234
(-2,132)
96,229
(+2,014)
63,232
(+2,878)
24,199
(+1,008)
33,755
(-3,096)
246,157
(-2,350, -1.13%)
-23,441 (-3,240, -16.04%) 58.82%
08/16/2016
91,165
(-747)
111,366
(-2,626)
94,215
(-37)
60,354
(+2,613)
23,191
(-94)
36,851
(-865)
241,313
(-878, -0.42%)
-20,201 (+1,879, +8.51%) 61.24%
08/09/2016
91,912
(-3,662)
113,992
(-1,523)
94,252
(-2,198)
57,741
(-6,854)
23,285
(+294)
37,716
(+2,811)
239,760
(-5,566, -2.59%)
-22,080 (-2,139, -10.73%) 59.83%
08/02/2016
95,574
(-2,442)
115,515
(+6,059)
96,450
(+3,999)
64,595
(-6,842)
22,991
(+55)
34,905
(+2,395)
252,242
(+1,612, +0.76%)
-19,941 (-8,501, -74.31%) 61.43%
07/26/2016
98,016
(-360)
109,456
(+2,085)
92,451
(+2,338)
71,437
(-1,039)
22,936
(-2,389)
32,510
(-1,457)
251,923
(-411, -0.19%)
-11,440 (-2,445, -27.18%) 67.78%
07/19/2016
98,376
(-2,547)
107,371
(+3,458)
90,113
(+134)
72,476
(-5,414)
25,325
(+822)
33,967
(+365)
244,571
(-1,591, -0.74%)
-8,995 (-6,005, -200.84%) 69.61%
07/12/2016
100,923
(+783)
103,913
(-3,351)
89,979
(+1,874)
77,890
(+6,262)
24,503
(+353)
33,602
(+99)
250,841
(+3,010, +1.42%)
-2,990 (+4,134, +58.03%) 74.09%
07/05/2016
100,140
(-555)
107,264
(-1,399)
88,105
(+2,779)
71,628
(+1,693)
24,150
(-1,301)
33,503
(+629)
247,585
(+923, +0.44%)
-7,124 (+844, +10.59%) 71.01%
06/28/2016
100,695
(+546)
108,663
(-2,180)
85,326
(-1,863)
69,935
(+725)
25,451
(-793)
32,874
(-655)
242,236
(-2,110, -0.99%)
-7,968 (+2,726, +25.49%) 70.38%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays