Commodity ratio · live
Cattle to Soybean Meal Ratio
The cattle to soybean meal ratio is 0.005982 — Cattle at $2.13 per Pound divided by Soybean Meal at $355.96 per Bushel.
Prices as of Sep 5, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to Soybean Meal ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 0.005982 Bu of soybean meal
Inverse (ZM/LC1): 167.2 — one Bushel of soybean meal buys that much cattle.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cattle
¢2.13
per Pound
Soybean Meal
$355.96
per Bushel
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Bushel. The ratio reads as Bushels of soybean meal per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:10:07 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
1Y average
0.007600
median 0.007644
1Y low
0.005880
Sep 3, 2026
1Y high
0.009059
Oct 1, 2025
Normal band
0.007048–0.008152
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-2.93σ
201 observations
Cattle to Soybean Meal ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/ZM ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Soybean Meal price chart below.
LC1/ZM ratio line
How many Bu of Soybean Meal one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/ZM ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/ZM ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle and Soybean Meal 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 soybean meal ratio
Cattle to Soybean Meal ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ Soybean Meal price per Bushel
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Bushels of soybean meal per Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: ¢2.13 ÷ $355.96 = 0.005982. The inverse is 167.2.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cattle to soybean meal ratio today?
The cattle to soybean meal ratio is 0.005982 — Cattle at ¢2.13 per Pound divided by Soybean Meal at $355.96 per Bushel, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to soybean meal ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound by the soybean meal price per Bushel. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Bushels of soybean meal per Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to soybean meal ratio?
The inverse, soybean meal to cattle, is 167.2 — how many Pounds of cattle one Bushel of soybean meal buys.