Commodity ratio · live
Cotton to Cattle Ratio
The cotton to cattle ratio is 0.3845 — Cotton at $0.8300 per Pound divided by Cattle at $2.16 per Pound.
Prices as of Sep 20, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cotton to Cattle ratio
1.000 Lb of cotton = 0.3845 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/CT): 2.601 — one Pound of cattle buys that much cotton.
Near the top of its 1 year range — historically stretched. (92th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cotton
$0.8300
per Pound
Cattle
¢2.16
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 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:32:53 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
1Y average
0.3098
median 0.2954
1Y low
0.2512
Feb 6, 2026
1Y high
0.4420
Sep 1, 2026
Normal band
0.2703–0.3492
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+1.89σ
200 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: $0.8300 ÷ ¢2.16 = 0.3845. The inverse is 2.601.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cotton to cattle ratio today?
The cotton to cattle ratio is 0.3845 — Cotton at $0.8300 per Pound divided by Cattle at ¢2.16 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 2.601 — how many Pounds of cotton one Pound of cattle buys.