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Cotton to Barley Ratio
The cotton to barley ratio is 15.19 — Cotton at $1.85 per kilogram divided by Barley at $0.1219 per kilogram.
Cotton is quoted per pound and barley per metric ton, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
Prices as of Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cotton to Barley ratio
1.000 kg of cotton = 15.192 kg of barley
Inverse (NBLC1/CT): 0.06582 — one kilogram of barley buys that much cotton.
Cotton
$1.85
per kilogram
Barley
$0.1219
per kilogram
Unit basis: USD per kilogram ÷ USD per kilogram. Both legs are priced in US dollars per kilogram, so the dollars and the kilograms cancel and the result is a plain unitless number. Prices as of Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:30:20 GMT.
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Cotton is quoted per pound and barley per metric ton, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
Cotton to Barley ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CT/NBLC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cotton / Barley price chart below.
CT/NBLC1 ratio line
How many kg of Barley one kg of Cotton buys, over 1Y.
No overlapping history for CT/NBLC1 over 1Y. Try a longer range.
CT/NBLC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CT/NBLC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
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Cotton and Barley prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the cotton to barley ratio
Cotton to Barley ratio = Cotton price in USD per kilogram ÷ Barley price in USD per kilogram
Both legs are priced in US dollars per kilogram, so the dollars and the kilograms cancel and the result is a plain unitless number.
Cotton is quoted per pound and barley per metric ton, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
Worked example, live prices: $1.85 per kilogram ÷ $0.1219 per kilogram = 15.19. The inverse is 0.06582.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cotton to barley ratio today?
The cotton to barley ratio is 15.19 — Cotton at $1.85 per kilogram divided by Barley at $0.1219 per kilogram, from live mid-market prices. Both figures are US dollars per kilogram.
How do you calculate the cotton to barley ratio?
Divide the cotton price per kilogram by the barley price per kilogram. Both legs are priced in US dollars per kilogram, so the dollars and the kilograms cancel and the result is a plain unitless number.
What is the inverse of the cotton to barley ratio?
The inverse, barley to cotton, is 0.06582 — how many kilograms of cotton one kilogram of barley buys.