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
Filter Historical Data
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
02/02/2016
129,877
(-990)
109,105
(-3,894)
68,636
(+3,850)
75,009
(+6,497)
31,073
(-124)
45,472
(+133)
276,556
(+2,736, +1.21%)
20,772 (+2,904, +16.25%) 91.84%
01/26/2016
130,867
(-658)
112,999
(+1,236)
64,786
(-262)
68,512
(+1,747)
31,197
(+2,965)
45,339
(-938)
277,264
(+2,045, +0.91%)
17,868 (-1,894, -9.58%) 89.67%
01/19/2016
131,525
(-310)
111,763
(-923)
65,048
(-44)
66,765
(-10)
28,232
(-184)
46,277
(+395)
275,924
(-538, -0.24%)
19,762 (+613, +3.2%) 91.09%
01/12/2016
131,835
(+101)
112,686
(+6,010)
65,092
(+2,602)
66,775
(-2,661)
28,416
(+3,671)
45,882
(+3,025)
274,995
(+6,374, +2.91%)
19,149 (-5,909, -23.58%) 90.63%
01/05/2016
131,734
(+195)
106,676
(+3,656)
62,490
(+936)
69,436
(-3,999)
24,745
(+502)
42,857
(+1,976)
265,072
(+1,633, +0.75%)
25,058 (-3,461, -12.14%) 95.05%
12/29/2015
131,539
(+11,693)
103,020
(+6,307)
61,554
(-3,567)
73,435
(-595)
24,243
(-367)
40,881
(+2,047)
262,818
(+7,759, +3.7%)
28,519 (+5,386, +23.28%) 97.63%
12/22/2015
119,846
(+4,939)
96,713
(+3,132)
65,121
(-4,230)
74,030
(-4,111)
24,610
(-257)
38,834
(+1,431)
250,860
(+452, +0.22%)
23,133 (+1,807, +8.47%) 93.61%
12/15/2015
114,907
(-2,666)
93,581
(+1,504)
69,351
(+339)
78,141
(-2,494)
24,867
(+406)
37,403
(-931)
248,936
(-1,921, -0.91%)
21,326 (-4,170, -16.36%) 92.26%
12/08/2015
117,573
(-6,560)
92,077
(-5,710)
69,012
(-2,078)
80,635
(-4,461)
24,461
(-2,251)
38,334
(-718)
251,061
(-10,889, -4.91%)
25,496 (-850, -3.23%) 95.37%
12/01/2015
124,133
(-2,007)
97,787
(-4,768)
71,090
(-610)
85,096
(+2,385)
26,712
(-59)
39,052
(-293)
274,364
(-2,676, -1.19%)
26,346 (+2,761, +11.71%) 96.01%
11/24/2015
126,140
(+4)
102,555
(+1,031)
71,700
(+3,255)
82,711
(+2,625)
26,771
(+476)
39,345
(+79)
278,849
(+3,735, +1.69%)
23,585 (-1,027, -4.17%) 93.95%
11/17/2015
126,136
(+4,982)
101,524
(+2,629)
68,445
(-165)
80,086
(+231)
26,295
(-211)
39,266
(+1,746)
272,654
(+4,606, +2.13%)
24,612 (+2,353, +10.57%) 94.71%
11/10/2015
121,154
(+1,934)
98,895
(+3,243)
68,610
(+4,626)
79,855
(+4,645)
26,506
(-3,307)
37,520
(-4,635)
267,425
(+3,253, +1.53%)
22,259 (-1,309, -5.55%) 92.95%
11/03/2015
119,220
(-753)
95,652
(+2,392)
63,984
(+1,592)
75,210
(+315)
29,813
(+2,536)
42,155
(+668)
266,672
(+3,375, +1.61%)
23,568 (-3,145, -11.77%) 93.93%
10/27/2015
119,973
(-1,280)
93,260
(+3,698)
62,392
(+1,459)
74,895
(-5,893)
27,277
(+349)
41,487
(+2,723)
256,978
(+528, +0.25%)
26,713 (-4,978, -15.71%) 96.28%
10/20/2015
121,253
(-1,586)
89,562
(-2,669)
60,933
(-3,732)
80,788
(-4,431)
26,928
(-974)
38,764
(+808)
254,409
(-6,292, -2.92%)
31,691 (+1,083, +3.54%) 100.0%
10/13/2015
122,839
(+2,763)
92,231
(-8,897)
64,665
(-3,385)
85,219
(+7,086)
27,902
(-79)
37,956
(+1,110)
260,412
(-701, -0.32%)
30,608 (+11,660, +61.54%) 100.0%
10/06/2015
120,076
(+4,635)
101,128
(+8,654)
68,050
(-2,388)
78,133
(-3,747)
27,981
(+195)
36,846
(-2,465)
259,893
(+2,442, +1.14%)
18,948 (-4,019, -17.5%) 96.5%
09/29/2015
115,441
(+3,253)
92,474
(+3,633)
70,438
(-920)
81,880
(-1,869)
27,786
(-2,239)
39,311
(-1,670)
261,329
(+94, +0.04%)
22,967 (-380, -1.63%) 99.7%
09/22/2015
112,188
(+5,984)
88,841
(-2,324)
71,358
(-146)
83,749
(+6,879)
30,025
(-664)
40,981
(+619)
267,058
(+5,174, +2.48%)
23,347 (+8,308, +55.24%) 100.0%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays