Live Cattle Futures (CME LE)

Chicago Mercantile Exchange · December 2027 contract · Priced in U.S. cents per pound

Contract Overview

216.55 ¢/lb +0.46% (+1.00) Today
Sep 29, 10:12 AM UTC-5
Price performance
Open 214.55
Day's range 214.00 – 216.55
Volume 73
Prev. settlement 215.55
30-day range 206.88 – 218.03
Open interest 1.18K
Bid 216.30
Ask 216.63
Expires Dec 31, 2027

CME · Delayed 10 min · Updated 1 hr ago · Market open · closes 13:05 CT

Price Performance

December 2027 · LEZ27

Returns

1 week +1.8% +1.8% 1 week +3.80 from 212.75 on Sep 22
1 month +3.4% +3.4% 1 month +7.13 from 209.43 on Aug 28
3 months −4.8% −4.8% 3 months −10.85 from 227.40 on Jun 30
  • High since Jun 2 230.45 Jun 25 · price 6.0% below
  • Low since Jun 2 205.75 Aug 25 · price 5.2% above
  • 20-session high 217.73 Sep 14 · price 0.5% below
  • 20-session low 207.18 Sep 2 · price 4.5% above
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Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Sep 22

Net positions

FundsManaged money +47.0K +47.0K net long Managed money · Bought 1.7K on the week · net long for at least five years
CommercialsProducers and merchants −94.5K −94.5K net short Producers and merchants · Long 75.4K · short 170K · net +674 on the week
  • Funds on the week Bought 1.7K Net long for at least five years
  • Open interest 414K Up 14.1K on the week · 413 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 218.18 ¢/lb +0.73 +0.33%
LEZ26 Dec 2026 221.63 ¢/lb +0.83 +0.37%
LEG27 Feb 2027 223.83 ¢/lb +0.88 +0.39%
LEJ27 Apr 2027 225.55 ¢/lb +0.78 +0.34%
LEM27 Jun 2027 220.83 ¢/lb +0.95 +0.43%
LEQ27 Aug 2027 217.68 ¢/lb +1.03 +0.47%
LEV27 Oct 2027 215.85 ¢/lb +0.68 +0.31%
LEZ27 Dec 2027 216.55 ¢/lb +1.00 +0.46%
LEG28 Feb 2028 215.60 ¢/lb -0.58 -0.27%
LEJ28 Apr 2028 215.78 ¢/lb -0.58 -0.27%

News Stories

BarchartBarchart•Sep 29 How to Bet on Cattle Prices Rising Higher from Here
BEEF Magazine•Sep 29 Turning the corner on the cattle cycle
Farms.comFarms.com•Sep 28 Hog herd shrinks more than expected, USDA data shows - CME
BarchartBarchart•Sep 29 Cattle Slip Lower into Monday’s Close
Brownfield Ag NewsBrownfield Ag News•Sep 28 Cattle futures lower to start the week
National Hog Farmer•Sep 28 China trade talks provide optimism for U.S. pork, beef access
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Contract Specifications

Contract December 2027 · LEZ27
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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