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Coal to Milk Ratio
The coal to milk ratio is 7.907 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Coal to Milk ratio
1.000 T of coal = 7.907 Cwt of milk
Inverse (MILK/COAL): 0.1265 — one Hundredweight of milk buys that much coal.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (68th percentile of the last 1 year)
Coal
$131.50
per Metric Ton
Milk
$16.63
per Hundredweight
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Hundredweight. The ratio reads as Hundredweights of milk per Metric Ton of coal. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:20:56 GMT.
1Y average
7.451
median 7.709
1Y low
5.667
Sep 7, 2025
1Y high
9.482
Jun 10, 2026
Normal band
6.496–8.406
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.48σ
361 observations
Coal to Milk ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the COAL/MILK ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Coal / Milk price chart below.
COAL/MILK ratio line
How many Cwt of Milk one T of Coal buys, over 1Y.
COAL/MILK ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the COAL/MILK ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Coal and Milk 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 milk ratio
Coal to Milk ratio = Coal price per Metric Ton ÷ Milk price per Hundredweight
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Hundredweights of milk per Metric Ton of coal — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $131.50 ÷ $16.63 = 7.907. The inverse is 0.1265.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 coal to milk ratio today?
The coal to milk ratio is 7.907 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the coal to milk ratio?
Divide the coal price per Metric Ton by the milk price per Hundredweight. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Hundredweights of milk per Metric Ton of coal.
What is the inverse of the coal to milk ratio?
The inverse, milk to coal, is 0.1265 — how many Metric Tons of coal one Hundredweight of milk buys.