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Corn to Cotton Ratio
The corn to cotton ratio is 5.837 — Corn at $5.19 per Bushel divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Corn to Cotton ratio
1.000 Bu of corn = 5.837 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/CORN): 0.1713 — one Pound of cotton buys that much corn.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (31th percentile of the last 1 year)
Corn
¢5.19
per Bushel
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: US Cent per Bushel ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Bushel of corn. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:15:44 GMT.
1Y average
6.279
median 6.401
1Y low
5.172
Jun 17, 2026
1Y high
7.353
Mar 9, 2026
Normal band
5.725–6.834
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.80σ
252 observations
Corn to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CORN/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Corn / Cotton price chart below.
CORN/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one Bu of Corn buys, over 1Y.
CORN/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CORN/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Corn 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 corn to cotton ratio
Corn to Cotton ratio = Corn price per Bushel ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Bushel of corn — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $5.19 ÷ $0.8900 = 5.837. The inverse is 0.1713.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the corn to cotton ratio today?
The corn to cotton ratio is 5.837 — Corn at $5.19 per Bushel divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the corn to cotton ratio?
Divide the corn price per Bushel 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 Bushel of corn.
What is the inverse of the corn to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to corn, is 0.1713 — how many Bushels of corn one Pound of cotton buys.