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Lumber Futures to Feeder Cattle Ratio
The lumber futures to feeder cattle ratio is 1.691 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Feeder Cattle at $339.10 per 50,000 Pounds.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Feeder Cattle ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 1.691 50,000 lbs of feeder cattle
Inverse (FC1/LB-FUT): 0.5912 — one 50,000 Pounds of feeder cattle buys that much lumber futures.
Above its 1 year average. (77th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Feeder Cattle
$339.10
per 50,000 Pounds
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per 50,000 Pounds. The ratio reads as 50,000 Poundss of feeder cattle per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:16:12 GMT.
1Y average
1.634
median 1.629
1Y low
1.306
Nov 12, 2025
1Y high
2.064
Jan 21, 2026
Normal band
1.550–1.718
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.68σ
202 observations
Lumber Futures to Feeder Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/FC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Feeder Cattle price chart below.
LB-FUT/FC1 ratio line
How many 50,000 lbs of Feeder Cattle one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/FC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/FC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Feeder Cattle 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 feeder cattle ratio
Lumber Futures to Feeder Cattle ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Feeder Cattle price per 50,000 Pounds
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — 50,000 Poundss of feeder cattle per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $573.54 ÷ $339.10 = 1.691. The inverse is 0.5912.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4655.18 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.27 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.99 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.81 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1887.51 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1353.70 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the lumber futures to feeder cattle ratio today?
The lumber futures to feeder cattle ratio is 1.691 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Feeder Cattle at $339.10 per 50,000 Pounds, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to feeder cattle ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the feeder cattle price per 50,000 Pounds. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as 50,000 Poundss of feeder cattle per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to feeder cattle ratio?
The inverse, feeder cattle to lumber futures, is 0.5912 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one 50,000 Pounds of feeder cattle buys.