Commodity ratio · live

Cotton to Cattle Ratio

The cotton to cattle ratio is 0.4055 Cotton at $0.8600 per Pound divided by Cattle at $2.12 per Pound.

Prices as of Sep 16, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.

Pound
CT · USD per Pound
LC1 · US Cent per Pound

Cotton to Cattle ratio

0.4055+37.81% / 1Y

1.000 Lb of cotton = 0.4055 lbs of cattle

Inverse (LC1/CT): 2.466 — one Pound of cattle buys that much cotton.

Near the top of its 1 year range — historically stretched. (96th percentile of the last 1 year)

Cotton

$0.8600

per Pound

Cattle

¢2.12

per Pound

Unit basis: USD per Pound ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Pound of cotton. Prices as of Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:33:27 GMT.

Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.

1Y average

0.3087

median 0.2943

1Y low

0.2512

Feb 6, 2026

1Y high

0.4420

Sep 1, 2026

Normal band

0.2700–0.3475

mean ± 1 std dev

Deviation from mean

+2.50σ

201 observations

Cotton to Cattle ratio charts

Pick a range once — it applies to the CT/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cotton / Cattle price chart below.

CT/LC1 ratio line

How many lbs of Cattle one Lb of Cotton buys, over 1Y.

CT/LC1 ratio candles

Open, high, low and close of the CT/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.

Cotton 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 cotton to cattle ratio

Cotton to Cattle ratio = Cotton price per Pound ÷ Cattle price per Pound

The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Pound of cotton — rather than a plain count.

Worked example, live prices: $0.8600 ÷ ¢2.12 = 0.4055. The inverse is 2.466.

Live prices behind the ratio

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Frequently asked questions

What is the cotton to cattle ratio today?

The cotton to cattle ratio is 0.4055 — Cotton at $0.8600 per Pound divided by Cattle at ¢2.12 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.

How do you calculate the cotton to cattle ratio?

Divide the cotton price per Pound 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 Pound of cotton.

What is the inverse of the cotton to cattle ratio?

The inverse, cattle to cotton, is 2.466 — how many Pounds of cotton one Pound of cattle buys.

Cotton to Cattle Ratio — 0.4055 Today | CommodityPriceAPI