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Chicken to Cotton Ratio
The chicken to cotton ratio is 1.443 — Chicken at $1.27 per Kilogram divided by Cotton at $0.8800 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Chicken to Cotton ratio
1.000 kg of chicken = 1.443 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/CHKN): 0.6929 — one Pound of cotton buys that much chicken.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Chicken
$1.27
per Kilogram
Cotton
$0.8800
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Kilogram ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Kilogram of chicken. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:36:57 GMT.
1Y average
1.541
median 1.530
1Y low
1.477
Aug 17, 2026
1Y high
1.620
Jul 20, 2026
Normal band
1.492–1.591
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-2.00σ
5 observations
Chicken to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CHKN/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Chicken / Cotton price chart below.
CHKN/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one kg of Chicken buys, over 1Y.
CHKN/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CHKN/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Chicken 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 chicken to cotton ratio
Chicken to Cotton ratio = Chicken price per Kilogram ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Kilogram of chicken — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $1.27 ÷ $0.8800 = 1.443. The inverse is 0.6929.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the chicken to cotton ratio today?
The chicken to cotton ratio is 1.443 — Chicken at $1.27 per Kilogram divided by Cotton at $0.8800 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the chicken to cotton ratio?
Divide the chicken price per Kilogram 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 Kilogram of chicken.
What is the inverse of the chicken to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to chicken, is 0.6929 — how many Kilograms of chicken one Pound of cotton buys.