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Lumber Futures to Cheese Ratio
The lumber futures to cheese ratio is 356.5 — Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Cheese at $1.61 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Cheese ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 356.522 Lb of cheese
Inverse (CHE/LB-FUT): 0.002805 — one Pound of cheese buys that much lumber futures.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (51th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$574.00
per Thousand Board Feet
Cheese
$1.61
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cheese per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:28:30 GMT.
1Y average
357.7
median 354.8
1Y low
279.7
Sep 7, 2025
1Y high
441.1
Jan 18, 2026
Normal band
326.1–389.3
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.04σ
338 observations
Lumber Futures to Cheese ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/CHE ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Cheese price chart below.
LB-FUT/CHE ratio line
How many Lb of Cheese one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/CHE ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/CHE ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Cheese 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 cheese ratio
Lumber Futures to Cheese ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Cheese price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cheese per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $574.00 ÷ $1.61 = 356.5. The inverse is 0.002805.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4647.62 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.00 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.75 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.77 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1885.63 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1351.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the lumber futures to cheese ratio today?
The lumber futures to cheese ratio is 356.5 — Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Cheese at $1.61 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to cheese ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the cheese price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cheese per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to cheese ratio?
The inverse, cheese to lumber futures, is 0.002805 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Pound of cheese buys.