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 2026-09-08. 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: 294,350 | |||||||
| 93,204 | 64,181 | 63,449 | 112,064 | 133,693 | 268,717 | 261,323 | 25,633 | 33,027 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: -6,381 ) | |||||||
| +922 | -721 | -4,796 | -3,808 | -1,472 | -7,682 | -6,989 | +1,301 | +608 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 31.7% | 21.8% | 21.6% | 38.1% | 45.4% | 91.3% | 88.8% | 8.7% | 11.2% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 362) | |||||||
| 111 | 72 | 110 | 104 | 142 | 266 | 287 | ||