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 2026-07-28. 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: 298,449 | |||||||
| 98,806 | 54,483 | 61,782 | 112,247 | 149,636 | 272,835 | 265,901 | 25,614 | 32,548 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: -4,640 ) | |||||||
| -4,349 | +6,342 | +598 | +1,849 | -9,687 | -1,902 | -2,747 | -2,738 | -1,893 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 33.1% | 18.3% | 20.7% | 37.6% | 50.1% | 91.4% | 89.1% | 8.6% | 10.9% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 378) | |||||||
| 114 | 61 | 106 | 111 | 153 | 278 | 290 | ||