COT Report: LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
Futures Only Positions as of 2026-08-18
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 2026-08-18. COT reports are released each Friday (except for U.S. holidays) by the CFTC. Each COT report release includes data from the previous Tuesday.
LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS
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FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS
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AS OF: 2026-08-18
| Non-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Non-Reportable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Short | Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short |
| (CONTRACTS OF 40,000 POUNDS) | Open Interest: 280,826 | |||||||
| 94,064 | 54,480 | 55,155 | 106,878 | 137,280 | 256,097 | 246,915 | 24,729 | 33,911 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +4,201 ) | |||||||
| -535 | +3,893 | +4,988 | +1,716 | -3,043 | +6,169 | +5,838 | -1,968 | -1,637 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 33.5% | 19.4% | 19.6% | 38.1% | 48.9% | 91.2% | 87.9% | 8.8% | 12.1% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 377) | |||||||
| 117 | 65 | 111 | 108 | 140 | 280 | 280 | ||
