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 2026-09-22. 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: 284,889 | |||||||
| 93,172 | 64,860 | 54,850 | 111,820 | 135,047 | 259,842 | 254,757 | 25,047 | 30,132 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +2,771 ) | |||||||
| -1,235 | -779 | +1,771 | +826 | +2,949 | +1,362 | +3,941 | +1,409 | -1,170 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 32.7% | 22.8% | 19.3% | 39.3% | 47.4% | 91.2% | 89.4% | 8.8% | 10.6% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 374) | |||||||
| 113 | 64 | 108 | 114 | 144 | 278 | 286 | ||