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
02/14/2006
97,855
(-3,126)
93,259
(-2,564)
46,180
(-4,797)
18,557
(-2,761)
30,345
(-454)
62,564
(-3,052)
218,888
(-8,377, -4.58%)
4,596 (-562, -10.9%) 73.57%
02/07/2006
100,981
(-1,943)
95,823
(-6,521)
50,977
(-7,671)
21,318
(-1,249)
30,799
(-445)
65,616
(-2,289)
227,304
(-10,059, -5.22%)
5,158 (+4,578, +789.31%) 74.71%
01/31/2006
102,924
(+1,866)
102,344
(+758)
58,648
(-4,893)
22,567
(-1,022)
31,244
(-35)
67,905
(-2,798)
237,194
(-3,062, -1.56%)
580 (+1,108, +209.85%) 65.45%
01/24/2006
101,058
(+5,348)
101,586
(+1,541)
63,541
(-1,869)
23,589
(+1,868)
31,279
(+593)
70,703
(+663)
238,347
(+4,072, +2.12%)
-528 (+3,807, +87.82%) 63.21%
01/17/2006
95,710
(+10,827)
100,045
(+1,176)
65,410
(-7,580)
21,721
(+363)
30,686
(+4,335)
70,040
(+6,043)
229,356
(+7,582, +4.12%)
-4,335 (+9,651, +69.0%) 55.51%
01/10/2006
84,883
(+5,538)
98,869
(+1,635)
72,990
(+263)
21,358
(+1,550)
26,351
(+4,380)
63,997
(+6,996)
213,621
(+10,181, +5.85%)
-13,986 (+3,903, +21.82%) 36.0%
01/03/2006
79,345
(-2,732)
97,234
(+3,676)
72,727
(+5,614)
19,808
(-227)
21,971
(+1,310)
57,001
(+743)
199,893
(+4,192, +2.47%)
-17,889 (-6,408, -55.81%) 28.11%
12/27/2005
82,077
(+2,021)
93,558
(-377)
67,113
(-1,735)
20,035
(+451)
20,661
(-2,856)
56,258
(-2,644)
195,778
(-2,570, -1.49%)
-11,481 (+2,398, +17.28%) 41.06%
12/20/2005
80,056
(-2,467)
93,935
(-2,746)
68,848
(+837)
19,584
(+1,655)
23,517
(+1,763)
58,902
(+1,224)
198,245
(+133, +0.08%)
-13,879 (+279, +1.97%) 36.21%
12/13/2005
82,523
(+2,110)
96,681
(+344)
68,011
(+527)
17,929
(+1,680)
21,754
(+80)
57,678
(+693)
199,166
(+2,717, +1.6%)
-14,158 (+1,766, +11.09%) 35.65%
12/06/2005
80,413
(+1,335)
96,337
(+8,884)
67,484
(+6,095)
16,249
(-2,357)
21,674
(-181)
56,985
(+722)
196,414
(+7,249, +4.47%)
-15,924 (-7,549, -90.14%) 32.08%
11/29/2005
79,078
(+2,790)
87,453
(+4,027)
61,389
(+4,638)
18,606
(-635)
21,855
(-218)
56,263
(+3,818)
187,344
(+7,210, +4.65%)
-8,375 (-1,237, -17.33%) 47.34%
11/22/2005
76,288
(+2,374)
83,426
(+2,042)
56,751
(+1,232)
19,241
(-89)
22,073
(+525)
52,445
(+2,178)
178,002
(+4,131, +2.74%)
-7,138 (+332, +4.44%) 49.84%
11/15/2005
73,914
(+3,867)
81,384
(+5,247)
55,519
(+1,522)
19,330
(+1,213)
21,548
(+1,088)
50,267
(+17)
173,332
(+6,477, +4.48%)
-7,470 (-1,380, -22.66%) 49.17%
11/08/2005
70,047
(-2,256)
76,137
(-3,033)
53,997
(+2,572)
18,117
(+1,335)
20,460
(+1,004)
50,250
(+3,018)
166,183
(+1,320, +0.92%)
-6,090 (+777, +11.31%) 51.96%
11/01/2005
72,303
(+899)
79,170
(-1,194)
51,425
(-1,849)
16,782
(+495)
19,456
(+645)
47,232
(+394)
168,060
(-305, -0.21%)
-6,867 (+2,093, +23.36%) 50.39%
10/25/2005
71,404
(-16)
80,364
(+1,872)
53,274
(+2,234)
16,287
(-110)
18,811
(-329)
46,838
(+127)
168,332
(+1,889, +1.33%)
-8,960 (-1,888, -26.7%) 46.16%
10/18/2005
71,420
(+1,252)
78,492
(+1,873)
51,040
(-3,450)
16,397
(-4,653)
19,140
(-821)
46,711
(-239)
165,123
(-3,019, -2.09%)
-7,072 (-621, -9.63%) 49.98%
10/11/2005
70,168
(-1,488)
76,619
(+1,047)
54,490
(+3,619)
21,050
(-1,600)
19,961
(-293)
46,950
(+2,391)
168,999
(+1,838, +1.29%)
-6,451 (-2,535, -64.73%) 51.23%
10/04/2005
71,656
(+319)
75,572
(+6,117)
50,871
(+7,290)
22,650
(-1,593)
20,254
(+964)
44,559
(+4,049)
164,709
(+8,573, +6.39%)
-3,916 (-5,798, -308.08%) 56.36%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays