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Lumber Futures to Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice Ratio
The lumber futures to boxed beef cutout, choice ratio is 1.467 — Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice at $391.15 per Hundredweight.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 1.467 cwt of boxed beef cutout, choice
Inverse (BEEF-CHOICE/LB-FUT): 0.6814 — one Hundredweight of boxed beef cutout, choice buys that much lumber futures.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (8th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$574.00
per Thousand Board Feet
Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice
$391.15
per Hundredweight
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Hundredweight. The ratio reads as Hundredweights of boxed beef cutout, choice per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:33:19 GMT.
1Y average
1.524
median 1.513
1Y low
1.435
Aug 19, 2026
1Y high
1.605
Aug 6, 2026
Normal band
1.480–1.568
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.28σ
13 observations
Lumber Futures to Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/BEEF-CHOICE ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice price chart below.
LB-FUT/BEEF-CHOICE ratio line
How many cwt of Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/BEEF-CHOICE ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/BEEF-CHOICE ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the lumber futures to boxed beef cutout, choice ratio
Lumber Futures to Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice price per Hundredweight
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Hundredweights of boxed beef cutout, choice per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $574.00 ÷ $391.15 = 1.467. The inverse is 0.6814.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Frequently asked questions
What is the lumber futures to boxed beef cutout, choice ratio today?
The lumber futures to boxed beef cutout, choice ratio is 1.467 — Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Boxed Beef Cutout, Choice at $391.15 per Hundredweight, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to boxed beef cutout, choice ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the boxed beef cutout, choice price per Hundredweight. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Hundredweights of boxed beef cutout, choice per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to boxed beef cutout, choice ratio?
The inverse, boxed beef cutout, choice to lumber futures, is 0.6814 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Hundredweight of boxed beef cutout, choice buys.