FEEDER CATTLE COT report

FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE positioning from the CFTC Legacy report. Net positions equal long contracts minus short contracts. Commercial, non-commercial and non-reportable classifications describe participants; they are not buy or sell signals.

Positions as of 2026-10-27. Open interest: 64999 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.

How are traders positioned?

Non-commercial percentile: 17 across 103 stored observations. This is the share of sampled net positions at or below the latest value, not a price forecast.

Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07

This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.

SUMMARY: Feeder Cattle shows extreme positioning with Managed Money at the 100th percentile and Producer/Merchant at the 0th percentile, yet the 12-week trend is flat, indicating a plateau rather than a surge. The immediate implication is heightened risk of a sharp positioning unwind, but historical data from similar weeks suggests potential for moderate to strong upside over 4-12 weeks, creati...

How should this COT report be used?

Use positioning to understand exposure and crowded trades alongside price, liquidity and risk controls. Weekly reports generally describe Tuesday positions released on Friday, subject to the CFTC schedule. Classifications differ in TFF and Disaggregated reports. Compare like-for-like formats and dates.

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