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Cheese to Cotton Ratio
The cheese to cotton ratio is 1.809 — Cheese at $1.61 per Pound divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cheese to Cotton ratio
1.000 Lb of cheese = 1.809 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/CHE): 0.5528 — one Pound of cotton buys that much cheese.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cheese
$1.61
per Pound
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Pound ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Pound of cheese. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:23:14 GMT.
1Y average
2.318
median 2.333
1Y low
1.778
Aug 21, 2026
1Y high
2.778
Nov 21, 2025
Normal band
2.051–2.586
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.90σ
251 observations
Cheese to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CHE/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cheese / Cotton price chart below.
CHE/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one Lb of Cheese buys, over 1Y.
CHE/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CHE/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cheese and Cotton prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the cheese to cotton ratio
Cheese to Cotton ratio = Cheese price per Pound ÷ Cotton 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: $1.61 ÷ $0.8900 = 1.809. The inverse is 0.5528.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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 cheese to cotton ratio today?
The cheese to cotton ratio is 1.809 — Cheese at $1.61 per Pound divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cheese to cotton ratio?
Divide the cheese price per Pound by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Pound of cheese.
What is the inverse of the cheese to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to cheese, is 0.5528 — how many Pounds of cheese one Pound of cotton buys.