Commodity ratio · live
Coal to Cattle Ratio
The coal to cattle ratio is 58.28 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Coal to Cattle ratio
1.000 T of coal = 58.281 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/COAL): 0.01716 — one Pound of cattle buys that much coal.
Above its 1 year average. (88th percentile of the last 1 year)
Coal
$131.50
per Metric Ton
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Metric Ton of coal. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:26:56 GMT.
1Y average
51.38
median 51.55
1Y low
40.81
Sep 12, 2025
1Y high
67.81
Mar 12, 2026
Normal band
46.06–56.69
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+1.30σ
200 observations
Coal to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the COAL/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Coal / Cattle price chart below.
COAL/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one T of Coal buys, over 1Y.
COAL/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the COAL/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Coal 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 coal to cattle ratio
Coal to Cattle ratio = Coal price per Metric Ton ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Metric Ton of coal — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $131.50 ÷ $2.26 = 58.28. The inverse is 0.01716.
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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 cattle ratio today?
The coal to cattle ratio is 58.28 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the coal to cattle ratio?
Divide the coal price per Metric Ton 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 Metric Ton of coal.
What is the inverse of the coal to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to coal, is 0.01716 — how many Metric Tons of coal one Pound of cattle buys.