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 2026-08-11. 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: 276,625 | |||||||
| 94,599 | 50,587 | 50,167 | 105,162 | 140,323 | 249,928 | 241,077 | 26,697 | 35,548 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: -15,135 ) | |||||||
| -3,040 | -3,464 | -5,454 | -7,726 | -8,304 | -16,220 | -17,222 | +1,085 | +2,087 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 34.2% | 18.3% | 18.1% | 38.0% | 50.7% | 90.3% | 87.1% | 9.7% | 12.9% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 363) | |||||||
| 112 | 58 | 99 | 109 | 143 | 270 | 270 | ||