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Live Cattle: futures positioning

CFTC contract market code 057642 · Legacy report, futures only

Report date
3 Nov 2026
Non-commercial net
+30,841contracts
Weekly change
−4,044contracts
Net as % of open interest
+10.7%
3-year percentile
9

Contracts, weekly

Non-commercial net position

025,00050,00075,000100,000Oct 2021Jan 2023Apr 2024Jul 2025Nov 2026
Live Cattle non-commercial net position, contracts

Blue: net long. Red: net short. Hover or tap for weekly values; the table below lists the latest 12 reports.

Contracts, weekly

Open interest

300,000350,000400,000Oct 2021Jan 2023Apr 2024Jul 2025Nov 2026
Live Cattle open interest, contracts

Latest reports

Report dateOpen interestNon-comm. longNon-comm. shortNetCommercial netStatus
2026-11-03287,47884,90254,061+30,841−23,839Verified
2026-10-27288,75788,84053,955+34,885−28,090Verified
2026-10-20289,57585,68354,953+30,730−22,995Verified
2026-10-13293,42784,46258,136+26,326−19,565Verified
2026-10-06293,64788,09858,706+29,392−22,901Verified
2026-09-29293,63996,06960,901+35,168−29,993Verified
2026-09-22284,88993,17264,860+28,312−23,227Verified
2026-09-15282,11894,40765,639+28,768−21,104Verified
2026-09-08294,35093,20464,181+29,023−21,629Verified
2026-09-01300,73192,28264,902+27,380−19,293Verified
2026-08-25288,74396,53660,690+35,846−28,575Verified
2026-08-18280,82694,06454,480+39,584−30,402Verified

Verified = the published components reconcile to the reported totals (reportable + non-reportable = open interest; non-commercial long + spreading + commercial long = reportable long). Source: CFTC Public Reporting Environment (opens in a new tab). History shown: 265 weekly reports. Revisions published by the CFTC are stored as new records. Not investment advice. See methodology.