Live Cattle Futures (CME LE)

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

Contract Overview

227.50 ¢/lb -0.02% (-0.05) Today
Oct 19, 1:04 PM UTC-5
Price performance
Open 227.55
Day's range 226.68 – 228.13
Volume 2.02K
Prev. settlement 227.55
30-day range 216.10 – 228.13
Open interest 7.71K
Bid 227.00
Ask 228.50
Expires Oct 30, 2026

CME · Delayed 10 min · Updated 6 hr ago · Market closed · opens Tue 08:30 CT

Price Performance

October 2026 · LEV26

Returns

1 week +1.2% +1.2% 1 week +2.75 from 224.75 on Oct 12
1 month +5.4% +5.4% 1 month +11.58 from 215.93 on Sep 18
3 months +1.9% +1.9% 3 months +4.28 from 223.23 on Jul 21
6 months −4.0% −4.0% 6 months −9.48 from 236.98 on Apr 20
Year to date +2.1% +2.1% year to date +4.75 from 222.75 on Dec 31, 2025
1 year −4.9% −4.9% 1 year −11.70 from 239.20 on Oct 16, 2025
  • 52-week high 244.05 Apr 28 · price 6.8% below
  • 52-week low 197.38 Nov 24, 2025 · price 15.3% above
  • 20-session high 227.55 Oct 16 · price is here
  • 20-session low 217.23 Sep 29 · price 4.7% above
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Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 13

Net positions

FundsManaged money +48.7K +48.7K net long Managed money · Sold 2.2K on the week · net long for at least five years
CommercialsProducers and merchants −107K −107K net short Producers and merchants · Long 66.0K · short 173K · net −2.0K on the week
  • Funds on the week Sold 2.2K Net long for at least five years
  • Open interest 390K Up 2.7K on the week · 414 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 227.50 ¢/lb -0.05 -0.02%
LEZ26 Dec 2026 228.03 ¢/lb -0.33 -0.14%
LEG27 Feb 2027 230.93 ¢/lb +0.05 +0.02%
LEJ27 Apr 2027 232.53 ¢/lb +0.30 +0.13%
LEM27 Jun 2027 226.95 ¢/lb +0.13 +0.06%
LEQ27 Aug 2027 223.45 ¢/lb +0.18 +0.08%
LEV27 Oct 2027 221.85 ¢/lb +0.15 +0.07%
LEZ27 Dec 2027 222.35 ¢/lb +0.15 +0.07%
LEG28 Feb 2028 222.53 ¢/lb +0.28 +0.12%
LEJ28 Apr 2028 222.28 ¢/lb +0.28 +0.12%

News Stories

BarchartBarchart•Oct 20 Cattle See Monday Strength, with Feeders the Leaders
BarchartBarchart•Oct 19 Bulls Are Back in Business as Cattle Prices Hit Multi-Week Highs
BarchartBarchart•Oct 19 Cattle Mostly Higher to Start the Week
BarchartBarchart•Oct 19 Cattle Markets Make New High for Recent Up Move
BarchartBarchart•Oct 19 Cattle Look to Monday, Following Late Week Gains
BarchartBarchart•Oct 17 Cattle Rally into the Weekend, as Cash Firms
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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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