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
03/23/1999
51,460
(+935)
56,027
(+1,153)
26,524
(-677)
16,225
(-1,312)
31,052
(+364)
36,784
(+781)
117,244
(+622, +0.57%)
-4,567 (-218, -5.01%) 52.63%
03/16/1999
50,525
(+2,968)
54,874
(-482)
27,201
(-3,969)
17,537
(+2,804)
30,688
(+654)
36,003
(-2,669)
115,959
(-347, -0.32%)
-4,349 (+3,450, +44.24%) 53.15%
03/09/1999
47,557
(-3,220)
55,356
(+2,431)
31,170
(+3,105)
14,733
(+1,331)
30,034
(+2,263)
38,672
(-1,614)
116,375
(+2,148, +2.01%)
-7,799 (-5,651, -263.08%) 44.8%
03/02/1999
50,777
(-3,691)
52,925
(+1,193)
28,065
(+4,327)
13,402
(-165)
27,771
(-784)
40,286
(-1,176)
114,910
(-148, -0.14%)
-2,148 (-4,884, -178.51%) 58.48%
02/23/1999
54,468
(-378)
51,732
(+229)
23,738
(-446)
13,567
(+379)
28,555
(-1,485)
41,462
(-2,917)
113,115
(-2,309, -2.12%)
2,736 (-607, -18.16%) 70.31%
02/16/1999
54,846
(-1,719)
51,503
(+2,673)
24,184
(+2,275)
13,188
(-341)
30,040
(+770)
44,379
(-1,006)
116,010
(+1,326, +1.23%)
3,343 (-4,392, -56.78%) 71.78%
02/09/1999
56,565
(+2,151)
48,830
(-755)
21,909
(+1,764)
13,529
(-1,754)
29,270
(-3,590)
45,385
(+2,834)
116,049
(+325, +0.3%)
7,735 (+2,906, +60.18%) 82.41%
02/02/1999
54,414
(-695)
49,585
(-891)
20,145
(+972)
15,283
(-783)
32,860
(+943)
42,551
(+2,894)
117,471
(+1,220, +1.15%)
4,829 (+196, +4.23%) 75.38%
01/26/1999
55,109
(-50)
50,476
(+1,973)
19,173
(-815)
16,066
(+167)
31,917
(+1,965)
39,657
(-1,040)
116,433
(+1,100, +1.05%)
4,633 (-2,023, -30.39%) 74.9%
01/19/1999
55,159
(-754)
48,503
(+1,591)
19,988
(-1,410)
15,899
(-3,198)
29,952
(+1,235)
40,697
(+678)
114,727
(-929, -0.88%)
6,656 (-2,345, -26.05%) 79.8%
01/12/1999
55,913
(-250)
46,912
(+3,795)
21,398
(+3,506)
19,097
(-5,071)
28,717
(-2,011)
40,019
(+2,521)
115,556
(+1,245, +1.19%)
9,001 (-4,045, -31.01%) 85.48%
01/05/1999
56,163
(+1,528)
43,117
(+1,704)
17,892
(+464)
24,168
(+686)
30,728
(+1,034)
37,498
(+636)
113,239
(+3,026, +2.97%)
13,046 (-176, -1.33%) 95.27%
12/29/1998
54,635
(+1,209)
41,413
(+2,372)
17,428
(+1,637)
23,482
(-41)
29,694
(-936)
36,862
(-421)
109,244
(+1,910, +1.91%)
13,222 (-1,163, -8.08%) 95.7%
12/22/1998
53,426
(+418)
39,041
(+1,033)
15,791
(+1,420)
23,523
(-6)
30,630
(-526)
37,283
(+285)
107,414
(+1,312, +1.33%)
14,385 (-615, -4.1%) 98.51%
12/15/1998
53,008
(+7,053)
38,008
(-136)
14,371
(-360)
23,529
(+4,607)
31,156
(-1,471)
36,998
(+751)
105,301
(+5,222, +5.6%)
15,000 (+7,189, +92.04%) 100.0%
12/08/1998
45,955
(-1,333)
38,144
(-3,128)
14,731
(-1,217)
18,922
(+387)
32,627
(+1,983)
36,247
(+2,174)
102,596
(-567, -0.6%)
7,811 (+1,795, +29.84%) 87.59%
12/01/1998
47,288
(+178)
41,272
(-2,333)
15,948
(-358)
18,535
(+411)
30,644
(-902)
34,073
(+840)
105,321
(-1,082, -1.14%)
6,016 (+2,511, +71.64%) 82.98%
11/24/1998
47,110
(-1,021)
43,605
(-5,254)
16,306
(+182)
18,124
(+4,287)
31,546
(-52)
33,233
(+76)
106,829
(-891, -0.93%)
3,505 (+4,233, +581.46%) 76.53%
11/17/1998
48,131
(+1,165)
48,859
(-5,022)
16,124
(-3,615)
13,837
(+3,256)
31,598
(+794)
33,157
(+110)
108,799
(-1,656, -1.7%)
-728 (+6,187, +89.47%) 65.67%
11/10/1998
46,966
(+7,244)
53,881
(+1,681)
19,739
(-2,702)
10,581
(+1,192)
30,804
(-632)
33,047
(+1,037)
109,455
(+3,910, +4.18%)
-6,915 (+5,563, +44.58%) 49.78%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays