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
01/27/1998
38,123
(-71)
35,289
(+2,766)
12,858
(+400)
25,565
(-1,512)
46,304
(+2,014)
36,431
(+1,089)
107,788
(+2,343, +2.47%)
2,834 (-2,837, -50.03%) 82.94%
01/20/1998
38,194
(-4,639)
32,523
(-1,749)
12,458
(+2,141)
27,077
(+325)
44,290
(+626)
35,342
(-448)
105,674
(-1,872, -1.93%)
5,671 (-2,890, -33.76%) 91.02%
01/13/1998
42,833
(+521)
34,272
(+787)
10,317
(-57)
26,752
(-1,192)
43,664
(+1,673)
35,790
(+2,542)
105,060
(+2,137, +2.26%)
8,561 (-266, -3.01%) 99.24%
01/06/1998
42,312
(+659)
33,485
(-2,975)
10,374
(-1,171)
27,944
(+1,802)
41,991
(-165)
33,248
(+496)
101,843
(-677, -0.71%)
8,827 (+3,634, +69.98%) 100.0%
12/30/1997
41,653
(-655)
36,460
(+863)
11,545
(+100)
26,142
(-1,294)
42,156
(+1,146)
32,752
(+1,022)
101,275
(+591, +0.62%)
5,193 (-1,518, -22.62%) 95.4%
12/23/1997
42,308
(+901)
35,597
(+233)
11,445
(-304)
27,436
(-106)
41,010
(-1,551)
31,730
(-1,081)
99,957
(-954, -1.0%)
6,711 (+668, +11.05%) 100.0%
12/19/1997
41,407
(+1,440)
35,364
(-1,210)
11,749
(-1,519)
27,542
(+1,755)
42,561
(-1,134)
32,811
(-1,758)
101,464
(-1,213, -1.25%)
6,043 (+2,650, +78.1%) 100.0%
12/16/1997
39,967
(+1,521)
36,574
(-6,241)
13,268
(-1,838)
25,787
(+5,516)
43,695
(-600)
34,569
(-192)
103,432
(-917, -0.94%)
3,393 (+7,762, +177.66%) 95.06%
12/09/1997
38,446
(-1,674)
42,815
(-2,488)
15,106
(+1,109)
20,271
(+2,434)
44,295
(+1,199)
34,761
(+688)
103,427
(+634, +0.65%)
-4,369 (+814, +15.71%) 70.22%
12/02/1997
40,120
(+1,465)
45,303
(-3,389)
13,997
(-2,605)
17,837
(+5,481)
43,096
(-1,088)
34,073
(-4,320)
103,209
(-2,228, -2.24%)
-5,183 (+4,854, +48.36%) 67.61%
11/25/1997
38,655
(+2,364)
48,692
(+3,839)
16,602
(+1,776)
12,356
(-1,786)
44,184
(+268)
38,393
(+2,355)
104,611
(+4,408, +4.64%)
-10,037 (-1,475, -17.23%) 52.07%
11/18/1997
36,291
(+874)
44,853
(+1,028)
14,826
(-683)
14,142
(-881)
43,916
(+964)
36,038
(+1,008)
101,337
(+1,155, +1.23%)
-8,562 (-154, -1.83%) 56.79%
11/11/1997
35,417
(+2,518)
43,825
(+3,529)
15,509
(+114)
15,023
(+342)
42,952
(+2,346)
35,030
(+1,107)
98,604
(+4,978, +5.6%)
-8,408 (-1,011, -13.67%) 57.29%
11/04/1997
32,899
(-349)
40,296
(+2,715)
15,395
(+1,245)
14,681
(-739)
40,606
(+2,587)
33,923
(+1,507)
94,816
(+3,483, +4.08%)
-7,397 (-3,064, -70.71%) 60.52%
10/28/1997
33,248
(-1,549)
37,581
(+1,315)
14,150
(+854)
15,420
(-1,151)
38,019
(+1,677)
32,416
(+818)
90,982
(+982, +1.16%)
-4,333 (-2,864, -194.96%) 70.33%
10/21/1997
34,797
(-1,447)
36,266
(-654)
13,296
(-1,440)
16,571
(-1,694)
36,342
(-903)
31,598
(-1,442)
89,997
(-3,790, -4.3%)
-1,469 (-793, -117.31%) 79.5%
10/14/1997
36,244
(-272)
36,920
(-339)
14,736
(-794)
18,265
(+979)
37,245
(+244)
33,040
(-1,462)
94,465
(-822, -0.92%)
-676 (+67, +9.02%) 82.04%
10/07/1997
36,516
(+2,782)
37,259
(-5,326)
15,530
(-3,654)
17,286
(+6,122)
37,001
(+1,287)
34,502
(-381)
95,850
(+415, +0.47%)
-743 (+8,108, +91.61%) 81.82%
09/30/1997
33,734
(+173)
42,585
(+1,955)
19,184
(+364)
11,164
(+509)
35,714
(-1,172)
34,883
(-3,099)
93,652
(-635, -0.71%)
-8,851 (-1,782, -25.21%) 55.87%
09/23/1997
33,561
(-480)
40,630
(-1,594)
18,820
(+923)
10,655
(+2,202)
36,886
(+1,062)
37,982
(+897)
94,415
(+1,505, +1.71%)
-7,069 (+1,114, +13.61%) 61.57%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays