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Commitments of Traders · Disaggregated, futures only

What positions do traders hold in FEEDER CATTLE futures?

In FEEDER CATTLE futures, managed money held a net long position of 10,910 contracts and open interest was 62,145 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in FEEDER CATTLE futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Net is long less short, ours; contracts

Net positions in FEEDER CATTLE futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in FEEDER CATTLE futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

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  • Managed money+10,910
  • Producers, merchants, processors and users−3,720
  • Swap dealers+7,006

Open interest in FEEDER CATTLE futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in FEEDER CATTLE futures each week, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in FEEDER CATTLE futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of FEEDER CATTLE futures from the CFTC's Disaggregated report (futures only): the net position, long contracts less short contracts, of one group of traders, or all open contracts. The chart shows up to the newest ten years. Pointing at the chart shows the week and the value.

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The latest week of FEEDER CATTLE futures beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year and five years earlier. The weeks of the last two years and every group's long and short are in the tables under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe week beforeA year earlierFive years earlier
Week
Open interest62,14562,85083,70738,103
Managed money, net+10,910+9,339+26,781−222
Producers, merchants, processors and users, net−3,720−3,536−11,907−304
Swap dealers, net+7,006+7,067+2,335+3,849

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Right now

Managed money held a net long position of 10,910 contracts in FEEDER CATTLE futures in the week to , the largest net long since the week of .

The producers, merchants, processors and users were net short 3,720 contracts that week, and swap dealers net long 7,006 contracts.

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Open interestFEEDER CATTLE, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 62,145 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

−705 contracts from the week before, held by 222 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 96,777 contracts in the week of .

Managed money held their largest net long, 36,414 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 9,589 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Producers, merchants, processors and users: net short 3,720 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Swap dealers: net long 7,006 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net short 11,397 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

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Understanding the futures positions report

Where it stands today

Managed money were net long 10,910 contracts in FEEDER CATTLE futures in the week of 20 October 2026.

Who are the groups in the report?

The CFTC's Disaggregated report, one of its Commitments of Traders reports, gives the positions held in each commodity futures market on a Tuesday, sorted by kind of trader: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, other reportable traders and traders below the reporting level.

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A position is a number of contracts, long or short; swap dealers, managed money and other reportables also report spread positions, which hold both. The CFTC assigns each reporting trader to a group from the business the trader reports. This page uses the report's futures-only figures, which leave out options. The report gives the contract size of FEEDER CATTLE futures as (CONTRACTS OF 50,000 POUNDS), and the market as FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE.

What 500metrics adds: net positions (long less short, which leave out spread positions), the change from the week before, the records since the week of 13 June 2006, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the FEEDER CATTLE positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in FEEDER CATTLE futures (FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Managed money20,0559,1459,014+10,910
Producers, merchants, processors and users6,67610,396n/a−3,720
Swap dealers7,4904841,272+7,006
Other reportable traders2,79314,1905,232−11,397
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)9,61312,412n/a−2,799

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What were the net positions in FEEDER CATTLE futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in FEEDER CATTLE futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestManaged money, netProducers, merchants, processors and users, netSwap dealers, netOther reportable traders, net
62,145+10,910−3,720+7,006−11,397
62,850+9,339−3,536+7,067−10,556
63,656+9,386−4,074+7,144−10,321
62,168+8,166−2,909+6,960−10,247
61,983+8,005−1,827+6,053−12,464
59,633+7,211−1,766+7,535−11,064
62,097+7,448−2,020+7,346−10,842
64,359+8,436−2,207+6,428−11,165
69,166+8,886−1,341+7,799−14,391
65,267+10,261−2,722+6,984−14,392
65,594+10,902−4,016+6,775−13,283
65,728+10,400−4,314+6,770−11,423
66,369+8,987−4,362+7,069−9,994
65,505+9,345−3,156+7,080−11,348
65,681+11,286−3,782+6,669−12,263
64,535+14,566−5,325+6,857−12,040
65,128+15,607−4,960+6,643−12,392
62,064+15,695−4,555+6,343−11,115
58,590+13,356−3,778+5,196−9,255
56,937+11,392−2,839+5,148−9,787
58,048+11,299−3,118+4,319−9,309
59,329+10,963−3,838+4,306−9,365
63,984+18,819−6,288+4,152−12,283
63,956+17,909−5,120+4,267−11,906
65,692+20,521−6,588+4,270−11,063
66,362+18,608−5,872+5,206−11,370
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WeekOpen interestManaged money, netProducers, merchants, processors and users, netSwap dealers, netOther reportable traders, net
67,608+20,348−6,562+4,232−11,664
69,930+21,951−7,373+4,084−9,674
71,518+21,115−7,047+3,912−10,094
69,682+20,847−6,999+3,516−9,902
69,976+19,562−6,732+4,261−11,083
72,644+19,374−6,817+4,620−10,501
72,436+18,712−6,535+4,296−10,520
77,199+18,941−5,554+4,117−10,928
77,915+19,634−7,626+4,144−9,417
75,376+18,756−7,702+4,093−8,908
74,279+17,959−7,686+4,188−9,078
79,277+17,925−8,662+4,396−7,829
78,781+18,865−7,347+4,719−10,190
77,696+17,405−6,923+4,571−9,763
75,124+17,048−5,934+4,908−10,049
72,392+17,391−6,672+4,473−9,047
68,748+15,829−5,705+5,052−9,006
67,353+15,198−5,426+5,041−9,151
66,071+14,526−5,012+4,965−9,016
65,082+14,367−5,750+4,844−8,269
63,345+13,469−6,490+4,816−8,044
65,717+15,680−7,045+4,412−8,800
72,198+16,996−6,680+3,948−8,523
70,906+17,172−7,253+3,598−7,962
69,396+17,405−5,971+3,077−8,220
75,459+22,384−7,472+3,066−10,151
83,098+26,339−10,734+2,264−7,044
83,707+26,781−11,907+2,335−5,556
83,974+26,394−10,261+2,345−6,063
81,077+23,423−9,201+2,749−7,310
81,180+23,873−9,347+2,110−6,603
82,825+25,412−9,743+1,791−6,413
85,063+25,310−11,218+2,937−6,689
87,329+27,644−13,643+2,729−5,305
89,626+30,426−15,209+1,577−4,139
90,606+32,847−13,957+1,735−6,591
91,822+33,020−13,083+1,824−8,301
96,766+35,979−13,684+1,569−8,897
94,930+34,040−13,215+1,543−7,680
96,777+36,414−12,281+886−9,134
95,929+36,266−11,314+716−10,504
94,897+36,196−10,694−27−10,544
90,942+32,672−9,320−93−10,355
87,430+34,269−9,790+235−11,171
86,434+34,593−10,374+512−11,059
83,978+34,624−10,616+364−10,534
78,739+33,639−9,921+150−10,934
75,610+32,139−8,515+138−10,893
77,437+32,800−8,994+382−10,498
77,469+30,795−8,733+1,428−9,911
72,081+28,320−7,267+1,636−10,348
68,916+26,863−7,034+1,669−10,262
66,533+27,171−7,410+646−9,494
68,812+24,623−5,674+850−8,429
70,431+26,951−6,810+1,099−9,400
79,252+31,912−8,872+2,033−9,542
83,234+32,504−8,843+2,287−10,283
84,963+29,538−7,347+2,581−9,379
78,243+28,767−6,635+2,752−10,485
79,402+27,580−6,736+2,780−11,046
79,422+26,969−6,769+2,545−11,759
78,456+28,657−6,666+1,651−12,069
79,435+27,156−6,067+1,723−11,577
81,808+26,781−6,304+1,630−10,753
83,137+27,727−6,691+1,189−9,883
80,566+27,983−6,387+395−9,751
78,858+26,768−7,012+501−8,988
74,661+24,592−6,743+1,686−8,405
70,122+20,344−5,125+2,886−8,464
67,511+18,744−4,283+2,619−8,767
67,966+19,116−4,697+2,787−8,194
63,985+18,322−5,354+2,837−7,614
60,990+17,521−5,590+2,698−6,413
57,033+15,467−4,651+2,705−5,661
54,152+12,431−2,217+2,149−5,881
52,232+11,081+305+1,688−7,298
52,154+10,130+879+1,326−6,284
53,830+7,751+2,577+1,791−6,467

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • Positions are those of the Tuesday the report is dated; the CFTC released the report on 23 October 2026.
  • A trader's group comes from the CFTC's own classification. Nonreportable positions are open interest less the reportable positions.
  • Net positions leave out spread positions, so a group's long and short do not account for all of its contracts.
  • Records and ranks are counted from the week of 13 June 2006, the start of this market's latest run of weekly reports. The CFTC can revise a week in a later report, and our collector keeps the earlier figure.
  • Contracts are not comparable between markets: the size of one is the CFTC's contract size above.
  • Market names are the CFTC's own, written as it writes them. 500metrics is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any index provider, exchange or company named in them.

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How to cite this

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders, Disaggregated report (futures only), FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in FEEDER CATTLE futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/feeder-cattle.

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