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 2026-07-07. 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: 316,893 | |||||||
| 138,662 | 56,994 | 56,647 | 96,239 | 167,132 | 291,548 | 280,773 | 25,345 | 36,120 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: -2,679 ) | |||||||
| -4,979 | +1,214 | -259 | +2,891 | -3,723 | -2,347 | -2,768 | -332 | +89 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 43.8% | 18.0% | 17.9% | 30.4% | 52.7% | 92.0% | 88.6% | 8.0% | 11.4% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 389) | |||||||
| 120 | 58 | 102 | 103 | 165 | 276 | 293 | ||