Live Cattle

Futures Continuous le.c
Open Interest 324,599 (+3,222, +1.17%)
Commercial Net -73,983 (-5,088, -7.39%)
Large Spec Net 85,939 (+5,213)
Small Traders Net -11,956 (-125)
COT Index 32.11% As of 01/13/2026
Last Update 01/13 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
06/30/1988
18,277
(+511)
31,273
(+946)
14,580
(+3,163)
9,519
(+705)
43,577
(-2,795)
35,642
(-772)
83,150
(+879, +1.16%)
-12,996 (-435, -3.46%) 72.97%
06/15/1988
17,766
(-1,422)
30,327
(-7,807)
11,417
(-2,874)
8,814
(+1,536)
46,372
(-4,828)
36,414
(-2,853)
80,268
(-9,124, -10.77%)
-12,561 (+6,385, +33.7%) 74.08%
05/31/1988
19,188
(-683)
38,134
(+4,356)
14,291
(-3,264)
7,278
(-2,879)
51,200
(+2,688)
39,267
(-2,736)
90,617
(-1,259, -1.47%)
-18,946 (-5,039, -36.23%) 57.88%
05/13/1988
19,871
(+5,102)
33,778
(+1,139)
17,555
(-1,316)
10,157
(+1,780)
48,512
(-925)
42,003
(-58)
91,510
(+2,861, +3.44%)
-13,907 (+3,963, +22.18%) 70.66%
04/29/1988
14,769
(+711)
32,639
(-5,686)
18,871
(-1,338)
8,377
(+2,179)
49,437
(-9,375)
42,061
(-6,495)
88,267
(-10,002, -10.75%)
-17,870 (+6,397, +26.36%) 60.61%
04/15/1988
14,058
(-4,658)
38,325
(-3,740)
20,209
(-345)
6,198
(-532)
58,812
(-1,789)
48,556
(-2,520)
100,099
(-6,792, -6.8%)
-24,267 (-918, -3.93%) 44.38%
03/31/1988
18,716
(+2,912)
42,065
(+9,349)
20,554
(+2,387)
6,730
(-352)
60,601
(-1,335)
51,076
(-5,033)
106,864
(+3,964, +4.13%)
-23,349 (-6,437, -38.06%) 46.71%
03/15/1988
15,804
(-1,980)
32,716
(+16)
18,167
(+964)
7,082
(-483)
61,936
(+1,794)
56,109
(+1,245)
101,888
(+778, +0.82%)
-16,912 (-1,996, -13.38%) 63.04%
02/29/1988
17,784
(+4,479)
32,700
(+3,217)
17,203
(+770)
7,565
(+2,157)
60,142
(+3,531)
54,864
(+3,406)
101,448
(+8,780, +10.17%)
-14,916 (+1,262, +7.8%) 68.1%
02/12/1988
13,305
(-1,961)
29,483
(+8,906)
16,433
(+2,974)
5,408
(-1,068)
56,611
(+8,095)
51,458
(+1,270)
92,440
(+9,108, +11.79%)
-16,178 (-10,867, -204.61%) 64.9%
01/29/1988
15,266
(-462)
20,577
(+2,508)
13,459
(+1,023)
6,476
(-758)
48,516
(+6,749)
50,188
(+5,560)
82,663
(+7,310, +10.45%)
-5,311 (-2,970, -126.87%) 92.47%
01/15/1988
15,728
(+1,424)
18,069
(-2,158)
12,436
(+3,122)
7,234
(-64)
41,767
(-1,081)
44,628
(+5,687)
75,055
(+3,465, +5.21%)
-2,341 (+3,582, +60.48%) 100.0%
12/31/1987
14,304
(-3)
20,227
(-1,591)
9,314
(+1,401)
7,298
(-1,757)
42,848
(-3,478)
38,941
(+1,268)
71,804
(-2,080, -3.03%)
-5,923 (+1,588, +21.14%) 97.22%
12/15/1987
14,307
(-1,050)
21,818
(-3,764)
7,913
(+1,347)
9,055
(+831)
46,326
(-3,710)
37,673
(-480)
72,876
(-3,413, -4.74%)
-7,511 (+2,714, +26.54%) 92.91%
11/30/1987
15,357
(+716)
25,582
(-335)
6,566
(-424)
8,224
(-526)
50,036
(-1,118)
38,153
(+35)
75,523
(-826, -1.13%)
-10,225 (+1,051, +9.32%) 85.55%
11/13/1987
14,641
(-111)
25,917
(+1,133)
6,990
(+650)
8,750
(-1,731)
51,154
(+1,233)
38,118
(+2,370)
76,867
(+1,772, +2.5%)
-11,276 (-1,244, -12.4%) 82.7%
10/30/1987
14,752
(-424)
24,784
(-5,745)
6,340
(-6,571)
10,481
(+4,013)
49,921
(-341)
35,748
(-5,604)
74,625
(-7,336, -9.36%)
-10,032 (+5,321, +34.66%) 86.07%
10/15/1987
15,176
(-1,370)
30,529
(-4,147)
12,911
(-3,032)
6,468
(-518)
50,262
(-1,415)
41,352
(-1,152)
83,221
(-5,817, -6.91%)
-15,353 (+2,777, +15.32%) 71.64%
09/30/1987
16,546
(-122)
34,676
(-780)
15,943
(-3,172)
6,986
(-2,374)
51,677
(+1,532)
42,504
(+1,392)
87,859
(-1,762, -2.05%)
-18,130 (+658, +3.5%) 64.11%
09/15/1987
16,668
(-189)
35,456
(-2,626)
19,115
(+2,322)
9,360
(+1,849)
50,145
(+656)
41,112
(+3,566)
89,104
(+2,789, +3.35%)
-18,788 (+2,437, +11.48%) 62.32%
Price data: Database (1,019 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays