Live Cattle Futures (CME LE)

Chicago Mercantile Exchange · October 2026 contract · Priced in U.S. cents per pound

Contract Overview

223.90 ¢/lb -0.32% (-0.73) Today
Oct 14, 1:03 PM UTC-5
Price performance
Open 224.25
Day's range 223.73 – 225.20
Volume 2.93K
Prev. settlement 224.63
30-day range 214.28 – 225.50
Open interest 10.19K
Bid 223.00
Ask 225.50
Expires Oct 30, 2026

CME · Delayed 10 min · Updated 15 hr ago · Market closed · opens Thu 08:30 CT

Price Performance

October 2026 · LEV26

Returns

1 week +0.9% +0.9% 1 week +2.03 from 221.88 on Oct 8
1 month +2.5% +2.5% 1 month +5.45 from 218.45 on Sep 16
3 months +1.4% +1.4% 3 months +3.20 from 220.70 on Jul 17
6 months −6.1% −6.1% 6 months −14.43 from 238.33 on Apr 16
Year to date +0.5% +0.5% year to date +1.15 from 222.75 on Dec 31, 2025
1 year −6.0% −6.0% 1 year −14.38 from 238.28 on Oct 14, 2025
  • 52-week high 244.05 Apr 28 · price 8.3% below
  • 52-week low 197.38 Nov 24, 2025 · price 13.4% above
  • 20-session high 224.98 Oct 9 · price 0.5% below
  • 20-session low 215.65 Sep 17 · price 3.8% above
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Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 6

Net positions

FundsManaged money +50.9K +50.9K net long Managed money · Sold 384 on the week · net long for at least five years
CommercialsProducers and merchants −105K −105K net short Producers and merchants · Long 65.7K · short 170K · net −2.5K on the week
  • Funds on the week Sold 384 Net long for at least five years
  • Open interest 387K Down 35.5K on the week · 419 traders

Funds are hedge funds and other money managers (managed money). Commercials are the hedgers: farmers, elevators, processors and exporters (producers and merchants). Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 40,000 pounds, as of Tuesday’s close.

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Futures chain

LEV26 Oct 2026 223.90 ¢/lb -0.73 -0.32%
LEZ26 Dec 2026 225.13 ¢/lb -1.25 -0.55%
LEG27 Feb 2027 227.43 ¢/lb -1.15 -0.50%
LEJ27 Apr 2027 228.75 ¢/lb -1.18 -0.51%
LEM27 Jun 2027 223.48 ¢/lb -1.10 -0.49%
LEQ27 Aug 2027 220.10 ¢/lb -0.93 -0.42%
LEV27 Oct 2027 218.58 ¢/lb -0.73 -0.33%
LEZ27 Dec 2027 218.95 ¢/lb -0.45 -0.21%
LEG28 Feb 2028 219.00 ¢/lb -0.30 -0.14%
LEJ28 Apr 2028 219.08 ¢/lb -0.30 -0.14%

News Stories

BarchartBarchart•Oct 14 Cattle Slips Lower on Back on Tuesday
BarchartBarchart•Oct 13 Cattle Hit a Decision Point: Full Grain and Livestock Recap
BarchartBarchart•Oct 13 Cattle Slipping Back on Tuesday
BEEF Magazine•Oct 13 Cattle futures rally on bullish WASDE corn surprise
National Hog Farmer•Oct 13 NYSE owner plans futures for livestock in a bid to challenge CME Group
Farm ProgressFarm Progress•Oct 13 Cattle climb, hogs slide after USDA report
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Contract Specifications

Contract October 2026 · LEV26
Exchange Chicago Mercantile Exchange · LE
Contract size 40,000 pounds
Tick size 0.025¢ per pound · $10.00 per contract
Value of a 1¢ move $400 per contract
Contract months Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec (G, J, M, Q, V, Z)
Trading hours 8:30 am – 1:05 pm CT, Mon–Fri
Settlement Physical delivery
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