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Butter to Lumber Futures Ratio
The butter to lumber futures ratio is 7.584 — Butter at $4,350.00 per Metric Ton divided by Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:28 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Butter to Lumber Futures ratio
1.000 T of butter = 7.584 Mbf of lumber futures
Inverse (LB-FUT/BUTTER): 0.1318 — one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys that much butter.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (55th percentile of the last 1 year)
Butter
€4,350.00
per Metric Ton
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Unit basis: EUR per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Thousand Board Feet. The ratio reads as Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Metric Ton of butter. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:28:03 GMT.
These two commodities are quoted in different currencies (EUR and USD). The figure above is a raw quote ratio and is not FX-adjusted.
1Y average
7.785
median 7.461
1Y low
5.949
Jul 23, 2026
1Y high
12.62
Aug 31, 2025
Normal band
6.427–9.142
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.15σ
337 observations
Butter to Lumber Futures ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the BUTTER/LB-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Butter / Lumber Futures price chart below.
BUTTER/LB-FUT ratio line
How many Mbf of Lumber Futures one T of Butter buys, over 1Y.
BUTTER/LB-FUT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the BUTTER/LB-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Butter 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 butter to lumber futures ratio
Butter to Lumber Futures ratio = Butter price per Metric Ton ÷ 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 Metric Ton of butter — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $4,350.00 ÷ $573.54 = 7.584. The inverse is 0.1318.
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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 butter to lumber futures ratio today?
The butter to lumber futures ratio is 7.584 — Butter at $4,350.00 per Metric Ton divided by Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the butter to lumber futures ratio?
Divide the butter price per Metric Ton 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 Metric Ton of butter.
What is the inverse of the butter to lumber futures ratio?
The inverse, lumber futures to butter, is 0.1318 — how many Metric Tons of butter one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys.