LIVE CATTLE

Name: LIVE CATTLE — Commitments of Traders
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · AGRICULTURE · CFTC Code 057642

Latest week — 2026-05-12

Open interest	480,057 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	161,103 (33.6% of OI)
Speculator short	20,476 (4.3% of OI)
Speculator NET	+140,627
Commercial (hedger) long	114,412 (23.8% of OI)
Commercial short	228,102 (47.5% of OI)
Commercial NET	-113,690
Total traders	437

Week-over-week change

Open interest	+5,163
Speculator long	-8,433
Speculator short	+3,817
Commercial long	-738
Commercial short	-15,429

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2026-05-12	480,057	161,103	20,476	114,412	228,102
2026-05-05	474,894	169,536	16,660	115,150	243,531
2026-04-28	473,739	161,855	14,885	120,704	244,238
2026-04-21	453,174	159,870	17,466	116,456	233,457
2026-04-14	447,345	161,739	14,657	113,443	237,037
2026-04-07	440,941	159,042	15,772	113,363	231,921
2026-03-31	450,603	149,240	16,386	119,112	229,163
2026-03-24	443,751	137,723	20,456	123,333	219,995
2026-03-17	444,606	134,294	20,555	125,672	218,715
2026-03-10	450,974	137,385	21,335	128,827	223,243
2026-03-03	459,972	148,250	26,295	123,708	224,045
2026-02-24	452,607	155,038	24,048	118,553	226,699
2026-02-17	435,731	153,007	23,249	119,015	227,526
2026-02-10	427,229	144,560	23,712	123,216	224,049
2026-02-03	464,755	150,221	20,262	127,013	236,601
2026-01-27	454,434	146,861	23,710	128,029	231,243
2026-01-20	453,665	147,424	24,614	128,343	230,602
2026-01-13	445,879	146,368	23,395	124,036	226,305
2026-01-06	445,732	143,389	28,890	124,930	219,323
2025-12-30	454,866	142,345	30,258	128,161	219,204
2025-12-23	453,449	141,827	29,398	129,080	220,242
2025-12-16	446,928	138,866	30,389	128,585	216,252
2025-12-09	443,041	134,539	28,839	131,032	215,065
2025-12-02	512,216	130,227	29,609	146,946	227,742
2025-11-25	544,815	140,424	30,324	147,587	236,561
2025-11-18	510,628	143,191	30,174	134,538	225,202
2025-11-10	502,426	150,740	31,508	129,419	225,276
2025-11-04	525,008	156,625	30,017	139,749	240,542
2025-10-28	528,900	165,077	34,568	146,493	249,073
2025-10-21	508,879	180,745	33,059	135,959	253,989
2025-10-14	502,856	182,355	31,472	133,479	253,487
2025-10-07	492,113	176,974	36,671	132,890	241,348
2025-09-30	539,732	176,144	35,740	152,925	259,835
2025-09-23	549,364	179,304	32,877	151,839	267,213
2025-09-16	552,234	178,956	34,254	152,420	266,971
2025-09-09	547,703	184,348	32,604	145,158	264,834
2025-09-02	571,295	190,155	37,333	147,919	268,552
2025-08-26	551,154	188,725	38,084	143,207	262,073
2025-08-19	529,257	186,966	39,405	137,028	252,090
2025-08-12	515,604	184,736	38,333	135,749	248,625
2025-08-05	511,308	186,693	39,823	133,542	246,896
2025-07-29	560,009	190,028	37,932	141,361	259,499
2025-07-22	549,947	190,896	37,483	140,204	259,156
2025-07-15	535,724	189,433	36,789	137,488	255,867
2025-07-08	522,969	184,751	36,826	142,663	256,837
2025-07-01	525,421	183,367	32,282	143,742	263,803
2025-06-24	527,319	190,701	34,253	136,289	261,923
2025-06-17	518,679	193,547	34,772	132,103	259,039
2025-06-10	520,139	197,380	35,300	126,763	256,930
2025-06-03	574,244	190,867	36,928	144,171	266,432
2025-05-27	565,843	186,252	33,887	142,745	260,140
2025-05-20	552,411	185,318	31,614	135,843	254,372

External source

CFTC Public Reports — Legacy COT (Futures and Options Combined)

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