Commodity ratio · live
Cattle to Soybean Oil Ratio
The cattle to soybean oil ratio is 3.052 — Cattle at $2.12 per Pound divided by Soybean Oil at $0.6949 per Pound.
Prices as of Sep 4, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to Soybean Oil ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 3.052 Lb of soybean oil
Inverse (ZL/LC1): 0.3277 — one Pound of soybean oil buys that much cattle.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (1th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cattle
¢2.12
per Pound
Soybean Oil
¢0.6949
per Pound
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of soybean oil per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:46:05 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
1Y average
3.960
median 3.804
1Y low
2.887
Sep 2, 2026
1Y high
5.158
Dec 19, 2025
Normal band
3.402–4.518
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.63σ
201 observations
Cattle to Soybean Oil ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/ZL ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Soybean Oil price chart below.
LC1/ZL ratio line
How many Lb of Soybean Oil one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/ZL ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/ZL ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle 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 cattle to soybean oil ratio
Cattle to Soybean Oil ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ Soybean Oil price per Pound
Both legs share the same unit, so the result is a plain unitless number, directly comparable across time.
Worked example, live prices: ¢2.12 ÷ ¢0.6949 = 3.052. The inverse is 0.3277.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 soybean oil ratio today?
The cattle to soybean oil ratio is 3.052 — Cattle at ¢2.12 per Pound divided by Soybean Oil at ¢0.6949 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to soybean oil ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound 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 Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to soybean oil ratio?
The inverse, soybean oil to cattle, is 0.3277 — how many Pounds of cattle one Pound of soybean oil buys.