Live Cattle (CME) 40,000 LBS; cents per lb.

Updated: 2009-01-06 for the markets on Wednesday, January 7th 2009.

Latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report: 2008-12-30Release Schedule

  • Regular Hours: 09:05 - 13:00 CDT Electronic: 17:00 - 16:00 CDT
  • Min. Fluctuation: 0.025 ($ 10.000)
  • Months Traded: Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec
  • Margin Initial: $ 1,620 Maintenance: $ 1,200

COT Snapshot

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As of:
2008-12-30
Live Cattle (CME)
Futures Only Positions
Percent of Open Interest
SmallLargeCommercial
Long7.5021.2452.93
Short16.1526.0439.47
Net-8.66-4.80+13.45
Chg-0.57-0.24-0.81
As of:
2008-12-30
Live Cattle (CME)
Futures & Option Combined Positions
Percent of Open Interest
SmallLargeCommercial
Long7.1117.1548.30
Short15.7115.3241.53
Net-8.60+1.83+6.77
Chg-0.41+0.26-0.67
As of:
2008-12-30
Live Cattle (CME)
Supplemental Positions
Percent of Open Interest
SmallLargeCommercialIndex
Long7.119.5216.9539.05
Short15.7115.3240.760.85
Net-8.60-5.80-23.80+38.20
Chg-0.41-0.04+0.71+0.25