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Lumber Futures to Ethanol Ratio
The lumber futures to ethanol ratio is 270.5 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Ethanol at $2.12 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Ethanol ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 270.538 Gal of ethanol
Inverse (ETHANOL/LB-FUT): 0.003696 — one Gallon of ethanol buys that much lumber futures.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (2th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Ethanol
$2.12
per Gallon
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of ethanol per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:25:50 GMT.
1Y average
319.7
median 317.2
1Y low
252.0
Sep 7, 2025
1Y high
401.0
Jan 16, 2026
Normal band
291.9–347.5
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.77σ
337 observations
Lumber Futures to Ethanol ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/ETHANOL ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Ethanol price chart below.
LB-FUT/ETHANOL ratio line
How many Gal of Ethanol one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/ETHANOL ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/ETHANOL ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Ethanol 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 ethanol ratio
Lumber Futures to Ethanol ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Ethanol price per Gallon
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallons of ethanol per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $573.54 ÷ $2.12 = 270.5. The inverse is 0.003696.
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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 ethanol ratio today?
The lumber futures to ethanol ratio is 270.5 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Ethanol at $2.12 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to ethanol ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the ethanol price per Gallon. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallons of ethanol per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to ethanol ratio?
The inverse, ethanol to lumber futures, is 0.003696 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Gallon of ethanol buys.