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Coal to Lumber Futures Ratio
The coal to lumber futures ratio is 0.2291 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Coal to Lumber Futures ratio
1.000 T of coal = 0.2291 Mbf of lumber futures
Inverse (LB-FUT/COAL): 4.365 — one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys that much coal.
Above its 1 year average. (78th percentile of the last 1 year)
Coal
$131.50
per Metric Ton
Lumber Futures
$574.00
per Thousand Board Feet
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Thousand Board Feet. The ratio reads as Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Metric Ton of coal. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:33:01 GMT.
1Y average
0.2098
median 0.2062
1Y low
0.1632
Oct 19, 2025
1Y high
0.2600
Mar 8, 2026
Normal band
0.1886–0.2309
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.91σ
337 observations
Coal to Lumber Futures ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the COAL/LB-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Coal / Lumber Futures price chart below.
COAL/LB-FUT ratio line
How many Mbf of Lumber Futures one T of Coal buys, over 1Y.
COAL/LB-FUT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the COAL/LB-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Coal and Lumber Futures prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the coal to lumber futures ratio
Coal to Lumber Futures ratio = Coal price per Metric Ton ÷ Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Metric Ton of coal — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $131.50 ÷ $574.00 = 0.2291. The inverse is 4.365.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 coal to lumber futures ratio today?
The coal to lumber futures ratio is 0.2291 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the coal to lumber futures ratio?
Divide the coal price per Metric Ton by the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Metric Ton of coal.
What is the inverse of the coal to lumber futures ratio?
The inverse, lumber futures to coal, is 4.365 — how many Metric Tons of coal one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys.