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Beef to Lumber Futures Ratio
The beef to lumber futures ratio is 0.6820 — Beef at $391.15 per Kilogram divided by Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Beef to Lumber Futures ratio
1.000 kg of beef = 0.6820 Mbf of lumber futures
Inverse (LB-FUT/BEEF): 1.466 — one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys that much beef.
Near the top of its 1 year range — historically stretched. (92th percentile of the last 1 year)
Beef
$391.15
per Kilogram
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Unit basis: USD per Kilogram ÷ USD per Thousand Board Feet. The ratio reads as Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Kilogram of beef. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:12:38 GMT.
1Y average
0.6567
median 0.6607
1Y low
0.6230
Aug 6, 2026
1Y high
0.6966
Aug 19, 2026
Normal band
0.6376–0.6757
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+1.33σ
13 observations
Beef to Lumber Futures ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the BEEF/LB-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Beef / Lumber Futures price chart below.
BEEF/LB-FUT ratio line
How many Mbf of Lumber Futures one kg of Beef buys, over 1Y.
BEEF/LB-FUT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the BEEF/LB-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Beef and Lumber Futures prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the beef to lumber futures ratio
Beef to Lumber Futures ratio = Beef price per Kilogram ÷ Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Kilogram of beef — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $391.15 ÷ $573.54 = 0.6820. The inverse is 1.466.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4640.70 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 68.90 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.88 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.78 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1883.84 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1350.90 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the beef to lumber futures ratio today?
The beef to lumber futures ratio is 0.6820 — Beef at $391.15 per Kilogram divided by Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the beef to lumber futures ratio?
Divide the beef price per Kilogram by the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Kilogram of beef.
What is the inverse of the beef to lumber futures ratio?
The inverse, lumber futures to beef, is 1.466 — how many Kilograms of beef one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys.