Commodity ratio · live
Hides to Cattle Ratio
The hides to cattle ratio is 26.62 — Hides at $56.69 per Pound divided by Cattle at $2.13 per Pound.
Prices as of Sep 5, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Hides to Cattle ratio
1.000 lbs of hides = 26.621 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/HIDE): 0.03756 — one Pound of cattle buys that much hides.
Hides
¢56.69
per Pound
Cattle
¢2.13
per Pound
Unit basis: US Cents per Pound ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Pound of hides. Prices as of Sat, 05 Sep 2026 02:08:57 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
These two commodities are quoted in different currencies (US Cents and US Cent). The figure above is a raw quote ratio and is not FX-adjusted.
Hides to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the HIDE/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Hides / Cattle price chart below.
HIDE/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one lbs of Hides buys, over 1Y.
No overlapping history for HIDE/LC1 over 1Y. Try a longer range.
HIDE/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the HIDE/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
No overlapping history for HIDE/LC1 over 1Y. Try a longer range.
Hides 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 hides to cattle ratio
Hides to Cattle ratio = Hides price per Pound ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Pound of hides — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: ¢56.69 ÷ ¢2.13 = 26.62. The inverse is 0.03756.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4430.58 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 66.24 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 91.48 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 96.28 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.98 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1824.38 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1398.80 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the hides to cattle ratio today?
The hides to cattle ratio is 26.62 — Hides at ¢56.69 per Pound divided by Cattle at ¢2.13 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the hides to cattle ratio?
Divide the hides price per Pound 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 Pound of hides.
What is the inverse of the hides to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to hides, is 0.03756 — how many Pounds of hides one Pound of cattle buys.