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Cattle to Lumber Futures Ratio
The cattle to lumber futures ratio is 0.003695 — Cattle at $2.12 per Pound divided by Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet.
Prices as of Sep 4, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to Lumber Futures ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 0.003695 Mbf of lumber futures
Inverse (LB-FUT/LC1): 270.7 — one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys that much cattle.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (5th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cattle
¢2.12
per Pound
Lumber Futures
$574.00
per Thousand Board Feet
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Thousand Board Feet. The ratio reads as Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:42:07 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
1Y average
0.004064
median 0.004058
1Y low
0.003308
Jan 21, 2026
1Y high
0.004960
Nov 12, 2025
Normal band
0.003843–0.004284
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.67σ
202 observations
Cattle to Lumber Futures ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/LB-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Lumber Futures price chart below.
LC1/LB-FUT ratio line
How many Mbf of Lumber Futures one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/LB-FUT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/LB-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle 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 cattle to lumber futures ratio
Cattle to Lumber Futures ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ 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 Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: ¢2.12 ÷ $574.00 = 0.003695. The inverse is 270.7.
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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 lumber futures ratio today?
The cattle to lumber futures ratio is 0.003695 — Cattle at ¢2.12 per Pound divided by Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to lumber futures ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound 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 Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to lumber futures ratio?
The inverse, lumber futures to cattle, is 270.7 — how many Pounds of cattle one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys.