Below is the Commitments of Traders (COT) report for LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (COT legacy report, futures only) with COT charts. This COT report for LIVE CATTLE is as of 2026-09-29. COT reports are released each Friday (except for U.S. holidays) by the CFTC. Each COT report release includes data from the previous Tuesday.
| Non-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Non-Reportable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Short | Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short |
| (CONTRACTS OF 40,000 POUNDS) | Open Interest: 293,639 | |||||||
| 96,069 | 60,901 | 59,333 | 112,589 | 142,582 | 267,991 | 262,816 | 25,648 | 30,823 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +8,750 ) | |||||||
| +2,897 | -3,959 | +4,483 | +769 | +7,535 | +8,149 | +8,059 | +601 | +691 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 32.7% | 20.7% | 20.2% | 38.3% | 48.6% | 91.3% | 89.5% | 8.7% | 10.5% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 386) | |||||||
| 116 | 70 | 116 | 114 | 150 | 286 | 302 | ||