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Ethanol to US ULSD Retail Ratio
The ethanol to us ulsd retail ratio is 0.3890 — Ethanol at $2.12 per Gallon divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:29 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Ethanol to US ULSD Retail ratio
1.000 Gal of ethanol = 0.3890 gal of us ulsd retail
Inverse (ULSD-RETAIL-US/ETHANOL): 2.571 — one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys that much ethanol.
Above its 1 year average. (70th percentile of the last 1 year)
Ethanol
$2.12
per Gallon
US ULSD Retail
$5.45
per Gallon
Unit basis: USD per Gallon ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Gallon of ethanol. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:29:45 GMT.
1Y average
0.3831
median 0.3753
1Y low
0.3635
Jul 27, 2026
1Y high
0.4192
Jul 6, 2026
Normal band
0.3633–0.4029
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.30σ
10 observations
Ethanol to US ULSD Retail ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the ETHANOL/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Ethanol / US ULSD Retail price chart below.
ETHANOL/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line
How many gal of US ULSD Retail one Gal of Ethanol buys, over 1Y.
ETHANOL/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the ETHANOL/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Ethanol 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 ethanol to us ulsd retail ratio
Ethanol to US ULSD Retail ratio = Ethanol price per Gallon ÷ US ULSD Retail price per Gallon
Both legs share the same unit, so the result is a plain unitless number, directly comparable across time.
Worked example, live prices: $2.12 ÷ $5.45 = 0.3890. The inverse is 2.571.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the ethanol to us ulsd retail ratio today?
The ethanol to us ulsd retail ratio is 0.3890 — Ethanol at $2.12 per Gallon divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the ethanol to us ulsd retail ratio?
Divide the ethanol price per Gallon 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 Gallon of ethanol.
What is the inverse of the ethanol to us ulsd retail ratio?
The inverse, us ulsd retail to ethanol, is 2.571 — how many Gallons of ethanol one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys.