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Lumber Futures to Beef Ratio
The lumber futures to beef ratio is 1.466 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Beef at $391.15 per Kilogram.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Beef ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 1.466 kg of beef
Inverse (BEEF/LB-FUT): 0.6820 — one Kilogram of beef buys that much lumber futures.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (8th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Beef
$391.15
per Kilogram
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Kilogram. The ratio reads as Kilograms of beef per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:22:36 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
-1.31σ
13 observations
Lumber Futures to Beef ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/BEEF ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Beef price chart below.
LB-FUT/BEEF ratio line
How many kg of Beef one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/BEEF ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/BEEF ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Beef 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 beef ratio
Lumber Futures to Beef ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Beef price per Kilogram
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Kilograms of beef per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $573.54 ÷ $391.15 = 1.466. The inverse is 0.6820.
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Live prices behind the ratio
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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 lumber futures to beef ratio today?
The lumber futures to beef ratio is 1.466 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Beef at $391.15 per Kilogram, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to beef ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the beef price per Kilogram. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Kilograms of beef per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to beef ratio?
The inverse, beef to lumber futures, is 0.6820 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Kilogram of beef buys.