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Heating Oil Futures to Cattle Ratio
The heating oil futures to cattle ratio is 1.946 — Heating Oil Futures at $4.39 per Gallan divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Heating Oil Futures to Cattle ratio
1.000 Gal of heating oil futures = 1.946 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/HO-FUT): 0.5140 — one Pound of cattle buys that much heating oil futures.
Near the top of its 1 year range — historically stretched. (97th percentile of the last 1 year)
Heating Oil Futures
$4.39
per Gallan
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Gallan ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Gallan of heating oil futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:32:39 GMT.
1Y average
1.310
median 1.225
1Y low
0.8307
Jan 7, 2026
1Y high
2.072
Aug 21, 2026
Normal band
0.9758–1.644
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+1.90σ
194 observations
Heating Oil Futures to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the HO-FUT/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Heating Oil Futures / Cattle price chart below.
HO-FUT/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one Gal of Heating Oil Futures buys, over 1Y.
HO-FUT/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the HO-FUT/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Heating Oil Futures 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 heating oil futures to cattle ratio
Heating Oil Futures to Cattle ratio = Heating Oil Futures price per Gallan ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Gallan of heating oil futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $4.39 ÷ $2.26 = 1.946. The inverse is 0.5140.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4640.70 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 68.90 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.88 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.78 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1883.84 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1350.90 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the heating oil futures to cattle ratio today?
The heating oil futures to cattle ratio is 1.946 — Heating Oil Futures at $4.39 per Gallan divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the heating oil futures to cattle ratio?
Divide the heating oil futures price per Gallan 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 Gallan of heating oil futures.
What is the inverse of the heating oil futures to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to heating oil futures, is 0.5140 — how many Gallans of heating oil futures one Pound of cattle buys.