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
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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
06/16/1998
36,899
(-1,165)
35,901
(-569)
16,721
(+2,139)
21,849
(+1,339)
28,245
(-637)
24,115
(-433)
87,664
(+337, +0.41%)
998 (-596, -37.39%) 70.1%
06/09/1998
38,064
(+1,607)
36,470
(-1,055)
14,582
(-2,753)
20,510
(-1,014)
28,882
(-732)
24,548
(+191)
87,642
(-1,878, -2.25%)
1,594 (+2,662, +249.25%) 71.63%
06/02/1998
36,457
(+2,230)
37,525
(-2,051)
17,335
(-986)
21,524
(+3,865)
29,614
(-1,525)
24,357
(-2,095)
89,418
(-281, -0.34%)
-1,068 (+4,281, +80.03%) 64.79%
05/26/1998
34,227
(+78)
39,576
(-1,624)
18,321
(+870)
17,659
(+1,878)
31,139
(-322)
26,452
(+372)
89,220
(+626, +0.75%)
-5,349 (+1,702, +24.14%) 53.8%
05/19/1998
34,149
(+2,511)
41,200
(-2,164)
17,451
(-1,960)
15,781
(+2,699)
31,461
(+339)
26,080
(+355)
88,829
(+890, +1.08%)
-7,051 (+4,675, +39.87%) 49.43%
05/12/1998
31,638
(+686)
43,364
(+1,419)
19,411
(-2,138)
13,082
(+3,281)
31,122
(+4,427)
25,725
(-1,725)
87,914
(+2,975, +3.76%)
-11,726 (-733, -6.67%) 37.43%
05/05/1998
30,952
(-4,142)
41,945
(+1,790)
21,549
(+2,658)
9,801
(-4,517)
26,695
(-1,153)
27,450
(+90)
87,514
(-2,637, -3.22%)
-10,993 (-5,932, -117.21%) 39.31%
04/28/1998
35,094
(+2,947)
40,155
(+5,114)
18,891
(+1,366)
14,318
(-1,348)
27,848
(-2,029)
27,360
(-1,482)
89,847
(+2,284, +2.87%)
-5,061 (-2,167, -74.88%) 54.54%
04/21/1998
32,147
(+916)
35,041
(+1,128)
17,525
(+876)
15,666
(-1,289)
29,877
(-451)
28,842
(+1,502)
86,470
(+1,341, +1.71%)
-2,894 (-212, -7.9%) 60.1%
04/14/1998
31,231
(-940)
33,913
(+548)
16,649
(+508)
16,955
(+280)
30,328
(-1,993)
27,340
(-3,253)
85,337
(-2,425, -3.01%)
-2,682 (-1,488, -124.62%) 60.65%
04/07/1998
32,171
(-8,345)
33,365
(-748)
16,141
(+5,291)
16,675
(-5,119)
32,321
(-5,518)
30,593
(-2,705)
88,821
(-8,572, -9.61%)
-1,194 (-7,597, -118.65%) 64.47%
03/31/1998
40,516
(-1,887)
34,113
(+393)
10,850
(+650)
21,794
(-4,153)
37,839
(-2,422)
33,298
(+101)
99,053
(-3,659, -3.94%)
6,403 (-2,280, -26.26%) 83.97%
03/24/1998
42,403
(-817)
33,720
(-718)
10,200
(+1,481)
25,947
(+361)
40,261
(-920)
33,197
(+101)
101,553
(-256, -0.27%)
8,683 (-99, -1.13%) 89.83%
03/17/1998
43,220
(-1,956)
34,438
(+701)
8,719
(+44)
25,586
(-1,479)
41,181
(+821)
33,096
(-313)
101,612
(-1,091, -1.16%)
8,782 (-2,657, -23.23%) 90.08%
03/10/1998
45,176
(-84)
33,737
(-187)
8,675
(-1,744)
27,065
(-91)
40,360
(+936)
33,409
(-614)
102,805
(-892, -0.94%)
11,439 (+103, +0.91%) 96.9%
03/03/1998
45,260
(+966)
33,924
(+2,275)
10,419
(-385)
27,156
(-2,915)
39,424
(+210)
34,023
(+1,431)
101,831
(+791, +0.84%)
11,336 (-1,309, -10.35%) 96.64%
02/24/1998
44,294
(+604)
31,649
(-1,281)
10,804
(+639)
30,071
(+1,441)
39,214
(+2,081)
32,592
(+3,164)
101,976
(+3,324, +3.65%)
12,645 (+1,885, +17.52%) 100.0%
02/17/1998
43,690
(+2,250)
32,930
(-325)
10,165
(-2,303)
28,630
(-2,218)
37,133
(-3,250)
29,428
(-760)
97,908
(-3,303, -3.5%)
10,760 (+2,575, +31.46%) 100.0%
02/10/1998
41,440
(+2,800)
33,255
(-1,915)
12,468
(-1,234)
30,848
(+1,950)
40,383
(-4,129)
30,188
(-2,598)
102,236
(-2,563, -2.65%)
8,185 (+4,715, +135.88%) 98.17%
02/03/1998
38,640
(+517)
35,170
(-119)
13,702
(+844)
28,898
(+3,333)
44,512
(-1,792)
32,786
(-3,645)
105,982
(-431, -0.44%)
3,470 (+636, +22.44%) 84.75%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays