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 2026-10-06. 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: 293,647 | |||||||
| 88,098 | 58,706 | 63,037 | 116,581 | 139,482 | 267,716 | 261,225 | 25,931 | 32,422 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +8 ) | |||||||
| -7,971 | -2,195 | +3,704 | +3,992 | -3,100 | -275 | -1,591 | +283 | +1,599 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 30.0% | 20.0% | 21.5% | 39.7% | 47.5% | 91.2% | 89.0% | 8.8% | 11.0% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 381) | |||||||
| 113 | 67 | 106 | 118 | 152 | 281 | 296 | ||