Legacy: The report dated 10 Nov 2026 is scheduled for 16 Nov 2026, 3:30 p.m. (U.S. Eastern time).
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 2026-11-03. 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: 287,478 | |||||||
| 84,902 | 54,061 | 62,423 | 116,928 | 140,767 | 264,253 | 257,251 | 23,225 | 30,227 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: -1,279 ) | |||||||
| -3,938 | +106 | +3,666 | +713 | -3,538 | +441 | +234 | -1,720 | -1,513 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 29.5% | 18.8% | 21.7% | 40.7% | 49.0% | 91.9% | 89.5% | 8.1% | 10.5% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 389) | |||||||
| 111 | 87 | 119 | 113 | 149 | 291 | 304 | ||