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Hot-Rolled Coil Steel to Cotton Ratio
The hot-rolled coil steel to cotton ratio is 1347 — Hot-Rolled Coil Steel at $1,199.07 per Metric Ton divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Hot-Rolled Coil Steel to Cotton ratio
1.000 T of hot-rolled coil steel = 1,347.3 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/HRC-STEEL): 0.0007422 — one Pound of cotton buys that much hot-rolled coil steel.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (30th percentile of the last 1 year)
Hot-Rolled Coil Steel
$1,199.07
per Metric Ton
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of hot-rolled coil steel. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:33:05 GMT.
1Y average
1408
median 1426
1Y low
1132
Aug 29, 2025
1Y high
1629
Mar 12, 2026
Normal band
1290–1527
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.51σ
251 observations
Hot-Rolled Coil Steel to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the HRC-STEEL/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Hot-Rolled Coil Steel / Cotton price chart below.
HRC-STEEL/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one T of Hot-Rolled Coil Steel buys, over 1Y.
HRC-STEEL/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the HRC-STEEL/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Hot-Rolled Coil Steel and Cotton prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the hot-rolled coil steel to cotton ratio
Hot-Rolled Coil Steel to Cotton ratio = Hot-Rolled Coil Steel price per Metric Ton ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of hot-rolled coil steel — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $1,199.07 ÷ $0.8900 = 1347. The inverse is 0.0007422.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the hot-rolled coil steel to cotton ratio today?
The hot-rolled coil steel to cotton ratio is 1347 — Hot-Rolled Coil Steel at $1,199.07 per Metric Ton divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the hot-rolled coil steel to cotton ratio?
Divide the hot-rolled coil steel price per Metric Ton by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of hot-rolled coil steel.
What is the inverse of the hot-rolled coil steel to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to hot-rolled coil steel, is 0.0007422 — how many Metric Tons of hot-rolled coil steel one Pound of cotton buys.