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
07/23/1996
32,630
(+2,306)
42,915
(+1,877)
18,262
(-2,324)
8,872
(-378)
37,474
(+514)
36,579
(-1,003)
97,248
(+496, +0.56%)
-10,285 (+429, +4.0%) 19.01%
07/16/1996
30,324
(+1,208)
41,038
(+1,690)
20,586
(+1,686)
9,250
(-168)
36,960
(-1,991)
37,582
(-619)
96,668
(+903, +1.04%)
-10,714 (-482, -4.71%) 17.32%
07/09/1996
29,116
(-1,610)
39,348
(+3,259)
18,900
(+1,650)
9,418
(-1,405)
38,951
(+2,166)
38,201
(+352)
95,258
(+2,206, +2.6%)
-10,232 (-4,869, -90.79%) 19.22%
07/02/1996
30,726
(-2,556)
36,089
(+239)
17,250
(+2,910)
10,823
(+607)
36,785
(-192)
37,849
(-684)
92,651
(+162, +0.19%)
-5,363 (-2,795, -108.84%) 38.47%
06/25/1996
33,282
(-145)
35,850
(-546)
14,340
(-634)
10,216
(+381)
36,977
(+7)
38,533
(-607)
92,493
(-772, -0.9%)
-2,568 (+401, +13.51%) 49.52%
06/18/1996
33,427
(-301)
36,396
(-927)
14,974
(-462)
9,835
(-579)
36,970
(-1,219)
39,140
(-476)
94,956
(-1,982, -2.27%)
-2,969 (+626, +17.41%) 47.94%
06/11/1996
33,728
(-3,144)
37,323
(-5,419)
15,436
(+635)
10,414
(+2,295)
38,189
(-1,394)
39,616
(-779)
96,880
(-3,903, -4.28%)
-3,595 (+2,275, +38.76%) 45.46%
06/04/1996
36,872
(-1,947)
42,742
(-478)
14,801
(+2,032)
8,119
(-825)
39,583
(-895)
40,395
(+493)
101,932
(-810, -0.88%)
-5,870 (-1,469, -33.38%) 36.47%
05/28/1996
38,819
(+39)
43,220
(+1,623)
12,769
(+1,869)
8,944
(-1,086)
40,478
(-51)
39,902
(+1,320)
102,424
(+1,857, +2.06%)
-4,401 (-1,584, -56.23%) 42.28%
05/21/1996
38,780
(+1,010)
41,597
(-854)
10,900
(-1,654)
10,030
(+233)
40,529
(+2,884)
38,582
(+2,861)
99,229
(+2,240, +2.55%)
-2,817 (+1,864, +39.82%) 48.54%
05/14/1996
37,770
(-2)
42,451
(+4,880)
12,554
(-673)
9,797
(-2,195)
37,645
(+2,977)
35,721
(-383)
95,942
(+2,302, +2.69%)
-4,681 (-4,882, -2428.86%) 41.17%
05/07/1996
37,772
(-3,318)
37,571
(-135)
13,227
(+12)
11,992
(-2,050)
34,668
(+437)
36,104
(-684)
94,096
(-2,869, -3.24%)
201 (-3,183, -94.06%) 60.47%
04/30/1996
41,090
(+4,141)
37,706
(-1,196)
13,215
(-3,018)
14,042
(+7)
34,231
(-2,411)
36,788
(-99)
96,889
(-1,288, -1.43%)
3,384 (+5,337, +273.27%) 73.06%
04/23/1996
36,949
(+4,092)
38,902
(-315)
16,233
(-1,149)
14,035
(+3,301)
36,642
(-780)
36,887
(-823)
97,077
(+2,163, +2.47%)
-1,953 (+4,407, +69.29%) 51.96%
04/16/1996
32,857
(-1,312)
39,217
(-5,488)
17,382
(+77)
10,734
(+1,543)
37,422
(-5,672)
37,710
(-2,962)
94,419
(-6,907, -7.3%)
-6,360 (+4,176, +39.64%) 34.53%
04/09/1996
34,169
(+155)
44,705
(-189)
17,305
(+2,211)
9,191
(+459)
43,094
(+1,237)
40,672
(+3,333)
101,711
(+3,603, +3.96%)
-10,536 (+344, +3.16%) 18.02%
04/02/1996
34,014
(+2,005)
44,894
(+3,998)
15,094
(+1,495)
8,732
(-5,037)
41,857
(+959)
37,339
(+5,498)
97,776
(+4,459, +5.15%)
-10,880 (-1,993, -22.43%) 16.66%
03/26/1996
32,009
(+1,557)
40,896
(+762)
13,599
(-28)
13,769
(+6,645)
40,898
(+1,009)
31,841
(-4,869)
92,637
(+2,538, +3.02%)
-8,887 (+795, +8.21%) 24.54%
03/19/1996
30,452
(+2,853)
40,134
(+3,022)
13,627
(+461)
7,124
(-3,122)
39,889
(-3,251)
36,710
(+163)
91,118
(+63, +0.08%)
-9,682 (-169, -1.78%) 21.4%
03/12/1996
27,599
(+1,443)
37,112
(+3,308)
13,166
(+1,677)
10,246
(-1,398)
43,140
(-888)
36,547
(+322)
90,178
(+2,232, +2.73%)
-9,513 (-1,865, -24.39%) 22.07%
Price data: Database (1,021 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays