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Cotton to US ULSD Retail Ratio
The cotton to us ulsd retail ratio is 0.1615 — Cotton at $0.8800 per Pound divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cotton to US ULSD Retail ratio
1.000 Lb of cotton = 0.1615 gal of us ulsd retail
Inverse (ULSD-RETAIL-US/CT): 6.193 — one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys that much cotton.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (64th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cotton
$0.8800
per Pound
US ULSD Retail
$5.45
per Gallon
Unit basis: USD per Pound ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Pound of cotton. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:32:14 GMT.
1Y average
0.1590
median 0.1578
1Y low
0.1459
Jun 8, 2026
1Y high
0.1729
Jul 13, 2026
Normal band
0.1515–0.1664
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.33σ
11 observations
Cotton to US ULSD Retail ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CT/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cotton / US ULSD Retail price chart below.
CT/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line
How many gal of US ULSD Retail one Lb of Cotton buys, over 1Y.
CT/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CT/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cotton and US ULSD Retail 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 ulsd retail ratio
Cotton to US ULSD Retail ratio = Cotton price per Pound ÷ US ULSD Retail price per Gallon
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallons of us ulsd retail per Pound of cotton — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $0.8800 ÷ $5.45 = 0.1615. The inverse is 6.193.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cotton to us ulsd retail ratio today?
The cotton to us ulsd retail ratio is 0.1615 — Cotton at $0.8800 per Pound divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cotton to us ulsd retail ratio?
Divide the cotton price per Pound by the us ulsd retail price per Gallon. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Pound of cotton.
What is the inverse of the cotton to us ulsd retail ratio?
The inverse, us ulsd retail to cotton, is 6.193 — how many Pounds of cotton one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys.