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Lumber Futures to Cotton Ratio
The lumber futures to cotton ratio is 644.4 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Cotton ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 644.427 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/LB-FUT): 0.001552 — one Pound of cotton buys that much lumber futures.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:21:43 GMT.
1Y average
822.2
median 824.2
1Y low
637.1
Aug 19, 2026
1Y high
985.9
Oct 15, 2025
Normal band
746.3–898.1
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-2.34σ
251 observations
Lumber Futures to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Cotton price chart below.
LB-FUT/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures 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 lumber futures to cotton ratio
Lumber Futures to Cotton ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $573.54 ÷ $0.8900 = 644.4. The inverse is 0.001552.
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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 lumber futures to cotton ratio today?
The lumber futures to cotton ratio is 644.4 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to cotton ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet 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 Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to lumber futures, is 0.001552 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Pound of cotton buys.