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Cotton to US Diesel Ratio
The cotton to us diesel ratio is 0.1351 — Cotton at $0.8500 per pound divided by US Diesel at $6.29 per gallon.
Prices as of Sep 21, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cotton to US Diesel ratio
1.000 lb of cotton = 0.1351 gal of us diesel
Inverse (DIESEL-US/CT): 7.400 — one gallon of us diesel buys that much cotton.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cotton
$0.8500
per pound
US Diesel
$6.29
per gallon
Unit basis: USD per pound ÷ USD per gallon. The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per gallon — so the result is a rate: gallons of us diesel per pound of cotton, not a plain count. Prices as of Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:40:45 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
1Y average
0.1579
median 0.1577
1Y low
0.1367
Sep 14, 2026
1Y high
0.1729
Jul 13, 2026
Normal band
0.1488–0.1671
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-2.49σ
14 observations
Cotton to US Diesel ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CT/DIESEL-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cotton / US Diesel price chart below.
CT/DIESEL-US ratio line
How many gal of US Diesel one lb of Cotton buys, over 1Y.
CT/DIESEL-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CT/DIESEL-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cotton and US Diesel 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 us diesel ratio
Cotton to US Diesel ratio = Cotton price in USD per pound ÷ US Diesel price in USD per gallon
The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per gallon — so the result is a rate: gallons of us diesel per pound of cotton, not a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $0.8500 per pound ÷ $6.29 per gallon = 0.1351. The inverse is 7.400.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cotton to us diesel ratio today?
The cotton to us diesel ratio is 0.1351 — Cotton at $0.8500 per pound divided by US Diesel at $6.29 per gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cotton to us diesel ratio?
Divide the cotton price per pound by the us diesel price per gallon. The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per gallon — so the result is a rate: gallons of us diesel per pound of cotton, not a plain count.
What is the inverse of the cotton to us diesel ratio?
The inverse, us diesel to cotton, is 7.400 — how many pounds of cotton one gallon of us diesel buys.