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
04/03/2012
149,441
(-362)
155,966
(-4,063)
125,733
(+1,874)
88,709
(+10,935)
28,500
(+838)
58,999
(-4,522)
361,339
(+2,350, +0.78%)
-6,525 (+3,701, +36.19%) 65.93%
03/27/2012
149,803
(+2,934)
160,029
(-1,824)
123,859
(+1,459)
77,774
(+7,980)
27,662
(+975)
63,521
(-788)
354,737
(+5,368, +1.81%)
-10,226 (+4,758, +31.75%) 62.27%
03/20/2012
146,869
(+1,266)
161,853
(-890)
122,400
(-1,352)
69,794
(+1,992)
26,687
(-466)
64,309
(-1,654)
350,752
(-552, -0.19%)
-14,984 (+2,156, +12.58%) 57.56%
03/13/2012
145,603
(-2,708)
162,743
(-13,322)
123,752
(-7,111)
67,802
(+2,241)
27,153
(-1,470)
65,963
(-208)
351,454
(-11,289, -3.67%)
-17,140 (+10,614, +38.24%) 55.43%
03/06/2012
148,311
(+3,845)
176,065
(+2,392)
130,863
(-4,811)
65,561
(-4,180)
28,623
(-1,385)
66,171
(-563)
364,976
(-2,351, -0.76%)
-27,754 (+1,453, +4.97%) 44.93%
02/28/2012
144,466
(+474)
173,673
(-1,728)
135,674
(+3,535)
69,741
(+6,552)
30,008
(+784)
66,734
(-31)
366,012
(+4,793, +1.57%)
-29,207 (+2,202, +7.01%) 43.49%
02/21/2012
143,992
(-1,136)
175,401
(+1,806)
132,139
(+7,901)
63,189
(+4,426)
29,224
(-1,112)
66,765
(-579)
357,639
(+5,653, +1.89%)
-31,409 (-2,942, -10.33%) 41.32%
02/14/2012
145,128
(+1,810)
173,595
(+2,919)
124,238
(+2,469)
58,763
(+1,968)
30,336
(+973)
67,344
(+365)
347,250
(+5,252, +1.78%)
-28,467 (-1,109, -4.05%) 44.23%
02/07/2012
143,318
(-1,044)
170,676
(+5,733)
121,769
(-2,021)
56,795
(-12,148)
29,363
(+689)
66,979
(+4,039)
339,300
(-2,376, -0.8%)
-27,358 (-6,777, -32.93%) 45.32%
01/31/2012
144,362
(+126)
164,943
(+6,020)
123,790
(+8,271)
68,943
(+458)
28,674
(-858)
62,940
(+1,061)
339,209
(+7,539, +2.61%)
-20,581 (-5,894, -40.13%) 52.03%
01/24/2012
144,236
(-2,355)
158,923
(+1,355)
115,519
(+4,371)
68,485
(+13)
29,532
(+563)
61,879
(+1,211)
335,617
(+2,579, +0.9%)
-14,687 (-3,710, -33.8%) 57.86%
01/17/2012
146,591
(+1,208)
157,568
(-1,199)
111,148
(-292)
68,472
(+49)
28,969
(-1,013)
60,668
(+1,053)
333,881
(-97, -0.03%)
-10,977 (+2,407, +17.98%) 61.53%
01/10/2012
145,383
(+589)
158,767
(-3,572)
111,440
(+2,837)
68,423
(+6,761)
29,982
(+4,056)
59,615
(+4,293)
333,360
(+7,482, +2.68%)
-13,384 (+4,161, +23.72%) 59.15%
01/03/2012
144,794
(-3,939)
162,339
(+2,106)
108,603
(+1,769)
61,662
(-2,756)
25,926
(+1,957)
55,322
(+437)
319,647
(-213, -0.08%)
-17,545 (-6,045, -52.57%) 55.03%
12/27/2011
148,733
(+3,643)
160,233
(+2,495)
106,834
(+3,745)
64,418
(+3,270)
23,969
(-172)
54,885
(+1,451)
316,393
(+7,216, +2.65%)
-11,500 (+1,148, +9.08%) 60.7%
12/20/2011
145,090
(+3,135)
157,738
(-4,687)
103,089
(-2,307)
61,148
(+4,347)
24,141
(-2,271)
53,434
(-1,103)
310,904
(-1,443, -0.53%)
-12,648 (+7,822, +38.21%) 59.57%
12/13/2011
141,955
(+52)
162,425
(-8,133)
105,396
(-5,305)
56,801
(+2,795)
26,412
(-1,367)
54,537
(-1,282)
311,194
(-6,620, -2.36%)
-20,470 (+8,185, +28.56%) 50.94%
12/06/2011
141,903
(+4,060)
170,558
(+2,914)
110,701
(-1,537)
54,006
(-562)
27,779
(+675)
55,819
(+846)
319,039
(+3,198, +1.15%)
-28,655 (+1,146, +3.85%) 43.01%
11/29/2011
137,843
(-589)
167,644
(+371)
112,238
(+251)
54,568
(+733)
27,104
(-1,639)
54,973
(-3,081)
316,924
(-1,977, -0.71%)
-29,801 (-960, -3.33%) 41.9%
11/22/2011
138,432
(+2,541)
167,273
(-3,225)
111,987
(-9,473)
53,835
(-3,554)
28,743
(-264)
58,054
(-417)
322,239
(-7,196, -2.51%)
-28,841 (+5,766, +16.66%) 42.83%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays