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Butter to Soybean Oil Ratio
The butter to soybean oil ratio is 6400 — Butter at $4,350.00 per Metric Ton divided by Soybean Oil at $0.6797 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Butter to Soybean Oil ratio
1.000 T of butter = 6,399.9 Lb of soybean oil
Inverse (ZL/BUTTER): 0.0001563 — one Pound of soybean oil buys that much butter.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (40th percentile of the last 1 year)
Butter
€4,350.00
per Metric Ton
Soybean Oil
¢0.6797
per Pound
Unit basis: EUR per Metric Ton ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of soybean oil per Metric Ton of butter. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:30:11 GMT.
These two commodities are quoted in different currencies (EUR and US Cent). The figure above is a raw quote ratio and is not FX-adjusted.
1Y average
7798
median 7451
1Y low
5109
Jun 1, 2026
1Y high
12753
Aug 27, 2025
Normal band
5660–9936
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.65σ
250 observations
Butter to Soybean Oil ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the BUTTER/ZL ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Butter / Soybean Oil price chart below.
BUTTER/ZL ratio line
How many Lb of Soybean Oil one T of Butter buys, over 1Y.
BUTTER/ZL ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the BUTTER/ZL ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Butter and Soybean Oil 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 soybean oil ratio
Butter to Soybean Oil ratio = Butter price per Metric Ton ÷ Soybean Oil price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of soybean oil per Metric Ton of butter — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $4,350.00 ÷ $0.6797 = 6400. The inverse is 0.0001563.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4647.62 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.00 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.75 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.77 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1885.63 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1351.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the butter to soybean oil ratio today?
The butter to soybean oil ratio is 6400 — Butter at $4,350.00 per Metric Ton divided by Soybean Oil at $0.6797 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the butter to soybean oil ratio?
Divide the butter price per Metric Ton by the soybean oil price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of soybean oil per Metric Ton of butter.
What is the inverse of the butter to soybean oil ratio?
The inverse, soybean oil to butter, is 0.0001563 — how many Metric Tons of butter one Pound of soybean oil buys.