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Boxed Beef Cutout, Select to Cattle Ratio
The boxed beef cutout, select to cattle ratio is 162.3 — Boxed Beef Cutout, Select at $366.29 per Hundredweight divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Boxed Beef Cutout, Select to Cattle ratio
1.000 cwt of boxed beef cutout, select = 162.341 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/BEEF-SELECT): 0.006160 — one Pound of cattle buys that much boxed beef cutout, select.
Above its 1 year average. (82th percentile of the last 1 year)
Boxed Beef Cutout, Select
$366.29
per Hundredweight
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Hundredweight ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Hundredweight of boxed beef cutout, select. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:25:27 GMT.
1Y average
155.5
median 152.1
1Y low
134.5
Aug 5, 2026
1Y high
166.2
Aug 18, 2026
Normal band
149.8–161.1
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+1.22σ
11 observations
Boxed Beef Cutout, Select to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the BEEF-SELECT/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Boxed Beef Cutout, Select / Cattle price chart below.
BEEF-SELECT/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one cwt of Boxed Beef Cutout, Select buys, over 1Y.
BEEF-SELECT/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the BEEF-SELECT/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Boxed Beef Cutout, Select and Cattle prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the boxed beef cutout, select to cattle ratio
Boxed Beef Cutout, Select to Cattle ratio = Boxed Beef Cutout, Select price per Hundredweight ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Hundredweight of boxed beef cutout, select — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $366.29 ÷ $2.26 = 162.3. The inverse is 0.006160.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the boxed beef cutout, select to cattle ratio today?
The boxed beef cutout, select to cattle ratio is 162.3 — Boxed Beef Cutout, Select at $366.29 per Hundredweight divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the boxed beef cutout, select to cattle ratio?
Divide the boxed beef cutout, select price per Hundredweight by the cattle price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cattle per Hundredweight of boxed beef cutout, select.
What is the inverse of the boxed beef cutout, select to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to boxed beef cutout, select, is 0.006160 — how many Hundredweights of boxed beef cutout, select one Pound of cattle buys.