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
06/21/2016
100,149
(-1,179)
110,843
(-6,042)
87,189
(-2,433)
69,210
(+5,462)
26,244
(-503)
33,529
(-3,535)
244,356
(-4,115, -1.89%)
-10,694 (+4,863, +31.26%) 68.34%
06/14/2016
101,328
(-2,389)
116,885
(-1,743)
89,622
(+1,424)
63,748
(+2,545)
26,747
(-1,280)
37,064
(-3,047)
247,348
(-2,245, -1.02%)
-15,557 (-646, -4.33%) 64.71%
06/07/2016
103,717
(+906)
118,628
(-3,311)
88,198
(-5,760)
61,203
(-3,709)
28,027
(+147)
40,111
(+2,313)
250,554
(-4,707, -2.1%)
-14,911 (+4,217, +22.05%) 65.19%
05/31/2016
102,811
(-2,311)
121,939
(-1,175)
93,958
(-2,014)
64,912
(-1,644)
27,880
(-300)
37,798
(-1,806)
259,279
(-4,625, -2.02%)
-19,128 (-1,136, -6.31%) 62.04%
05/24/2016
105,122
(+2,109)
123,114
(-1,548)
95,972
(-2,997)
66,556
(+1,351)
28,180
(-982)
39,604
(-1,673)
268,683
(-1,870, -0.81%)
-17,992 (+3,657, +16.89%) 62.89%
05/17/2016
103,013
(-6,654)
124,662
(+8,156)
98,969
(+7,856)
65,205
(-11,173)
29,162
(-1,997)
41,277
(+2,222)
268,314
(-795, -0.34%)
-21,649 (-14,810, -216.55%) 60.16%
05/10/2016
109,667
(+2,041)
116,506
(+1,730)
91,113
(-4,669)
76,378
(-3,950)
31,159
(+965)
39,055
(+557)
274,142
(-1,663, -0.71%)
-6,839 (+311, +4.35%) 71.22%
05/03/2016
107,626
(+1,374)
114,776
(+1,356)
95,782
(+5,018)
80,328
(+7,159)
30,194
(+1,972)
38,498
(-151)
277,517
(+8,364, +3.71%)
-7,150 (+18, +0.25%) 70.99%
04/26/2016
106,252
(-5,452)
113,420
(-8,386)
90,764
(+487)
73,169
(+3,794)
28,222
(-1,961)
38,649
(-2,334)
274,631
(-6,926, -2.98%)
-7,168 (+2,934, +29.04%) 70.97%
04/19/2016
111,704
(-5,019)
121,806
(-5,846)
90,277
(+935)
69,375
(+1,930)
30,183
(-2,565)
40,983
(-2,733)
282,850
(-6,649, -2.78%)
-10,102 (+827, +7.57%) 68.78%
04/12/2016
116,723
(+87)
127,652
(+343)
89,342
(+2,150)
67,445
(+4,118)
32,748
(+1,786)
43,716
(-438)
288,959
(+4,023, +1.71%)
-10,929 (-256, -2.4%) 68.16%
04/05/2016
116,636
(-1,460)
127,309
(-5,986)
87,192
(+484)
63,327
(+4,357)
30,962
(-1,473)
44,154
(-820)
283,032
(-2,449, -1.03%)
-10,673 (+4,526, +29.78%) 68.36%
03/29/2016
118,096
(+2,281)
133,295
(-4,626)
86,708
(-5,841)
58,970
(+4,445)
32,435
(-466)
44,974
(-3,845)
293,880
(-4,026, -1.67%)
-15,199 (+6,907, +31.24%) 64.97%
03/22/2016
115,815
(-1,635)
137,921
(+2,319)
92,549
(+4,213)
54,525
(-1,145)
32,901
(-216)
48,819
(+1,188)
296,499
(+2,362, +0.99%)
-22,106 (-3,954, -21.78%) 59.81%
03/15/2016
117,450
(-3,519)
135,602
(+10,317)
88,336
(+5,655)
55,670
(-8,081)
33,117
(-318)
47,631
(-418)
292,575
(+1,818, +0.77%)
-18,152 (-13,836, -320.57%) 62.77%
03/08/2016
120,969
(-1,512)
125,285
(+4,840)
82,681
(+3,693)
63,751
(-1,343)
33,435
(+2,162)
48,049
(+846)
288,597
(+4,343, +1.87%)
-4,316 (-6,352, -311.98%) 73.1%
03/01/2016
122,481
(+480)
120,445
(+5,284)
78,988
(+8,439)
65,094
(+469)
31,273
(-87)
47,203
(+3,079)
280,951
(+8,832, +3.94%)
2,036 (-4,804, -70.23%) 77.85%
02/23/2016
122,001
(-2,931)
115,161
(+2,668)
70,549
(+887)
64,625
(-3,321)
31,360
(+1,122)
44,124
(-269)
270,927
(-922, -0.41%)
6,840 (-5,599, -45.01%) 81.44%
02/16/2016
124,932
(+396)
112,493
(+1,650)
69,662
(-614)
67,946
(-513)
30,238
(+47)
44,393
(-1,308)
272,135
(-171, -0.08%)
12,439 (-1,254, -9.16%) 85.62%
02/09/2016
124,536
(-5,341)
110,843
(+1,738)
70,276
(+1,640)
68,459
(-6,550)
30,191
(-882)
45,701
(+229)
268,120
(-4,583, -2.0%)
13,693 (-7,079, -34.08%) 86.56%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays