FEEDER CATTLE

Name: FEEDER CATTLE — Commitments of Traders
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FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · AGRICULTURE · CFTC Code 061641

Latest week — 2026-05-12

Open interest	97,803 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	30,282 (31.0% of OI)
Speculator short	19,772 (20.2% of OI)
Speculator NET	+10,510
Commercial (hedger) long	18,112 (18.5% of OI)
Commercial short	21,484 (22.0% of OI)
Commercial NET	-3,372
Total traders	305

Week-over-week change

Open interest	+2,544
Speculator long	-2,745
Speculator short	+3,328
Commercial long	+1,155
Commercial short	-2,177

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2026-05-12	97,803	30,282	19,772	18,112	21,484
2026-05-05	95,259	33,027	16,444	16,958	23,661
2026-04-28	100,936	30,398	14,858	18,614	24,847
2026-04-21	102,997	31,782	15,979	17,754	24,674
2026-04-14	101,155	33,724	12,896	15,618	24,051
2026-04-07	102,421	33,009	14,443	15,927	23,508
2026-03-31	98,650	31,887	13,756	15,623	23,388
2026-03-24	107,013	28,857	14,566	17,850	23,794
2026-03-17	111,327	29,032	14,280	19,021	24,559
2026-03-10	113,122	28,985	14,702	19,696	25,332
2026-03-03	116,132	30,599	15,862	19,319	24,677
2026-02-24	113,907	32,245	14,487	18,249	26,238
2026-02-17	109,272	32,492	14,626	17,341	25,683
2026-02-10	107,789	31,526	15,095	16,548	24,576
2026-02-03	109,951	32,319	14,503	16,226	25,290
2026-01-27	117,443	31,274	14,750	17,938	25,492
2026-01-20	117,713	30,824	15,007	17,513	25,187
2026-01-13	113,309	30,579	15,468	17,565	23,797
2026-01-06	108,940	30,933	14,791	16,837	23,930
2025-12-30	105,866	30,097	16,339	17,497	22,371
2025-12-23	104,842	29,419	17,105	17,495	21,506
2025-12-16	102,152	28,493	16,671	17,262	21,103
2025-12-09	101,272	28,099	16,609	17,643	21,606
2025-12-02	98,918	25,771	16,016	17,949	22,119
2025-11-25	107,452	28,067	18,283	19,536	23,645
2025-11-18	117,289	30,897	18,495	19,706	24,385
2025-11-10	115,293	30,265	16,576	19,573	25,579
2025-11-04	110,697	30,388	16,626	18,625	23,729
2025-10-28	124,570	35,664	18,158	19,121	26,085
2025-10-21	121,346	40,299	15,396	17,470	28,179
2025-10-14	120,504	41,532	14,590	17,273	29,025
2025-10-07	114,556	42,102	15,486	17,126	27,966
2025-09-30	109,940	37,533	15,309	16,966	26,246
2025-09-23	115,087	37,216	14,038	17,345	27,011
2025-09-16	118,453	38,392	13,674	18,609	28,871
2025-09-09	120,997	39,819	14,622	18,299	29,508
2025-09-02	121,534	42,152	13,405	17,314	31,156
2025-08-26	128,159	45,339	13,730	18,108	33,609
2025-08-19	134,253	46,263	12,716	18,269	33,594
2025-08-12	135,528	45,754	12,576	18,246	33,424
2025-08-05	138,521	48,432	11,947	17,335	33,948
2025-07-29	132,304	45,988	10,531	17,706	33,155
2025-07-22	131,840	48,007	10,634	17,487	32,994
2025-07-15	130,394	47,242	10,678	17,233	32,379
2025-07-08	126,408	46,084	10,333	16,200	31,149
2025-07-01	120,630	42,139	10,647	17,766	30,964
2025-06-24	117,008	43,447	11,001	16,766	30,372
2025-06-17	115,624	44,242	11,240	15,809	29,783
2025-06-10	111,979	44,994	11,177	13,839	28,319
2025-06-03	104,442	42,288	10,546	12,871	26,822
2025-05-27	100,234	40,720	11,145	12,783	24,832
2025-05-20	108,672	42,581	11,337	13,136	25,832

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