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Cattle to Heating Oil Futures Ratio
The cattle to heating oil futures ratio is 0.4691 — Cattle at $2.13 per Pound divided by Heating Oil Futures at $4.54 per Gallan.
Prices as of Sep 5, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to Heating Oil Futures ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 0.4691 Gal of heating oil futures
Inverse (HO-FUT/LC1): 2.132 — one Gallan of heating oil futures buys that much cattle.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (2th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cattle
¢2.13
per Pound
Heating Oil Futures
$4.54
per Gallan
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Gallan. The ratio reads as Gallans of heating oil futures per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:34:47 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
1Y average
0.8014
median 0.8032
1Y low
0.4468
Sep 1, 2026
1Y high
1.204
Jan 7, 2026
Normal band
0.5981–1.005
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.63σ
201 observations
Cattle to Heating Oil Futures ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/HO-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Heating Oil Futures price chart below.
LC1/HO-FUT ratio line
How many Gal of Heating Oil Futures one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/HO-FUT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/HO-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle and Heating Oil Futures prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the cattle to heating oil futures ratio
Cattle to Heating Oil Futures ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ Heating Oil Futures price per Gallan
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallans of heating oil futures per Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: ¢2.13 ÷ $4.54 = 0.4691. The inverse is 2.132.
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Live prices behind the ratio
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4430.58 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 66.24 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 91.48 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 96.28 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.98 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1824.38 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1398.80 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the cattle to heating oil futures ratio today?
The cattle to heating oil futures ratio is 0.4691 — Cattle at ¢2.13 per Pound divided by Heating Oil Futures at $4.54 per Gallan, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to heating oil futures ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound by the heating oil futures price per Gallan. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallans of heating oil futures per Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to heating oil futures ratio?
The inverse, heating oil futures to cattle, is 2.132 — how many Pounds of cattle one Gallan of heating oil futures buys.