Commodity ratio · live
Feeder Cattle to Cattle Ratio
The feeder cattle to cattle ratio is 150.3 — Feeder Cattle at $339.10 per 50,000 Pounds divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Feeder Cattle to Cattle ratio
1.000 50,000 lbs of feeder cattle = 150.290 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/FC1): 0.006654 — one Pound of cattle buys that much feeder cattle.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (38th percentile of the last 1 year)
Feeder Cattle
$339.10
per 50,000 Pounds
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per 50,000 Pounds ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per 50,000 Pounds of feeder cattle. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:25:57 GMT.
1Y average
150.5
median 151.0
1Y low
121.0
Feb 26, 2026
1Y high
186.2
Nov 25, 2025
Normal band
146.6–154.4
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.05σ
198 observations
Feeder Cattle to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the FC1/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Feeder Cattle / Cattle price chart below.
FC1/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one 50,000 lbs of Feeder Cattle buys, over 1Y.
FC1/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the FC1/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Feeder Cattle 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 feeder cattle to cattle ratio
Feeder Cattle to Cattle ratio = Feeder Cattle price per 50,000 Pounds ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per 50,000 Pounds of feeder cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $339.10 ÷ $2.26 = 150.3. The inverse is 0.006654.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4647.62 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.00 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.75 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.77 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1885.63 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1351.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the feeder cattle to cattle ratio today?
The feeder cattle to cattle ratio is 150.3 — Feeder Cattle at $339.10 per 50,000 Pounds divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the feeder cattle to cattle ratio?
Divide the feeder cattle price per 50,000 Pounds 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 50,000 Pounds of feeder cattle.
What is the inverse of the feeder cattle to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to feeder cattle, is 0.006654 — how many 50,000 Poundss of feeder cattle one Pound of cattle buys.