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Cotton to Pork Butt Ratio
The cotton to pork butt ratio is 0.7825 — Cotton at $1.87 per kilogram divided by Pork Butt at $2.39 per kilogram.
Cotton is quoted per pound and pork butt per hundredweight, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
Prices as of Sep 21, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cotton to Pork Butt ratio
1.000 kg of cotton = 0.7825 kg of pork butt
Inverse (PORK-BUTT/CT): 1.278 — one kilogram of pork butt buys that much cotton.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (69th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cotton
$1.87
per kilogram
Pork Butt
$2.39
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 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:49:20 GMT.
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Cotton is quoted per pound and pork butt per hundredweight, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
1Y average
0.7706
median 0.7734
1Y low
0.7129
Aug 7, 2026
1Y high
0.8287
Aug 31, 2026
Normal band
0.7462–0.7950
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.49σ
32 observations
Cotton to Pork Butt ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CT/PORK-BUTT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cotton / Pork Butt price chart below.
CT/PORK-BUTT ratio line
How many kg of Pork Butt one kg of Cotton buys, over 1Y.
CT/PORK-BUTT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CT/PORK-BUTT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cotton and Pork Butt 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 pork butt ratio
Cotton to Pork Butt ratio = Cotton price in USD per kilogram ÷ Pork Butt 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 pork butt per hundredweight, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
Worked example, live prices: $1.87 per kilogram ÷ $2.39 per kilogram = 0.7825. The inverse is 1.278.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cotton to pork butt ratio today?
The cotton to pork butt ratio is 0.7825 — Cotton at $1.87 per kilogram divided by Pork Butt at $2.39 per kilogram, from live mid-market prices. Both figures are US dollars per kilogram.
How do you calculate the cotton to pork butt ratio?
Divide the cotton price per kilogram by the pork butt 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 pork butt ratio?
The inverse, pork butt to cotton, is 1.278 — how many kilograms of cotton one kilogram of pork butt buys.