Commodity ratio · live
Feeder Cattle to Milk Ratio
The feeder cattle to milk ratio is 20.39 — Feeder Cattle at $339.10 per 50,000 Pounds divided by Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Feeder Cattle to Milk ratio
1.000 50,000 lbs of feeder cattle = 20.391 Cwt of milk
Inverse (MILK/FC1): 0.04904 — one Hundredweight of milk buys that much feeder cattle.
Below its 1 year average. (18th percentile of the last 1 year)
Feeder Cattle
$339.10
per 50,000 Pounds
Milk
$16.63
per Hundredweight
Unit basis: USD per 50,000 Pounds ÷ USD per Hundredweight. The ratio reads as Hundredweights of milk per 50,000 Pounds of feeder cattle. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:21:27 GMT.
1Y average
21.73
median 21.72
1Y low
17.42
Nov 26, 2025
1Y high
26.06
Jan 27, 2026
Normal band
20.29–23.17
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.93σ
202 observations
Feeder Cattle to Milk ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the FC1/MILK ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Feeder Cattle / Milk price chart below.
FC1/MILK ratio line
How many Cwt of Milk one 50,000 lbs of Feeder Cattle buys, over 1Y.
FC1/MILK ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the FC1/MILK ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Feeder Cattle and Milk 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 milk ratio
Feeder Cattle to Milk ratio = Feeder Cattle price per 50,000 Pounds ÷ Milk price per Hundredweight
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Hundredweights of milk per 50,000 Pounds of feeder cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $339.10 ÷ $16.63 = 20.39. The inverse is 0.04904.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the feeder cattle to milk ratio today?
The feeder cattle to milk ratio is 20.39 — Feeder Cattle at $339.10 per 50,000 Pounds divided by Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the feeder cattle to milk ratio?
Divide the feeder cattle price per 50,000 Pounds by the milk price per Hundredweight. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Hundredweights of milk per 50,000 Pounds of feeder cattle.
What is the inverse of the feeder cattle to milk ratio?
The inverse, milk to feeder cattle, is 0.04904 — how many 50,000 Poundss of feeder cattle one Hundredweight of milk buys.