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Chicken to Cattle Ratio
The chicken to cattle ratio is 0.5629 — Chicken at $1.27 per Kilogram divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Chicken to Cattle ratio
1.000 kg of chicken = 0.5629 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/CHKN): 1.777 — one Pound of cattle 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
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Kilogram ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Kilogram of chicken. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:20:01 GMT.
1Y average
0.5650
median 0.5650
1Y low
0.4947
Jul 20, 2026
1Y high
0.5714
Jul 20, 2026
Normal band
0.5650–0.5650
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
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1 observations
Chicken to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CHKN/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Chicken / Cattle price chart below.
CHKN/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one kg of Chicken buys, over 1Y.
CHKN/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CHKN/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Chicken and Cattle 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 cattle ratio
Chicken to Cattle ratio = Chicken price per Kilogram ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Kilogram of chicken — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $1.27 ÷ $2.26 = 0.5629. The inverse is 1.777.
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Live prices behind the ratio
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4640.70 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 68.90 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.88 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.78 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1883.84 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1350.90 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the chicken to cattle ratio today?
The chicken to cattle ratio is 0.5629 — Chicken at $1.27 per Kilogram divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the chicken to cattle ratio?
Divide the chicken price per Kilogram by the cattle price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cattle per Kilogram of chicken.
What is the inverse of the chicken to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to chicken, is 1.777 — how many Kilograms of chicken one Pound of cattle buys.