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Lumber Futures to Hot-Rolled Coil Steel Ratio
The lumber futures to hot-rolled coil steel ratio is 0.4795 — Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Hot-Rolled Coil Steel at $1,197.06 per Metric Ton.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Hot-Rolled Coil Steel ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 0.4795 T of hot-rolled coil steel
Inverse (HRC-STEEL/LB-FUT): 2.085 — one Metric Ton of hot-rolled coil steel buys that much lumber futures.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (3th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$574.00
per Thousand Board Feet
Hot-Rolled Coil Steel
$1,197.06
per Metric Ton
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Metric Ton. The ratio reads as Metric Tons of hot-rolled coil steel per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:36:11 GMT.
1Y average
0.5845
median 0.5670
1Y low
0.4590
Aug 13, 2026
1Y high
0.7975
Oct 5, 2025
Normal band
0.5080–0.6610
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.37σ
338 observations
Lumber Futures to Hot-Rolled Coil Steel ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/HRC-STEEL ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Hot-Rolled Coil Steel price chart below.
LB-FUT/HRC-STEEL ratio line
How many T of Hot-Rolled Coil Steel one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/HRC-STEEL ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/HRC-STEEL ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Hot-Rolled Coil Steel 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 hot-rolled coil steel ratio
Lumber Futures to Hot-Rolled Coil Steel ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Hot-Rolled Coil Steel price per Metric Ton
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Metric Tons of hot-rolled coil steel per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $574.00 ÷ $1,197.06 = 0.4795. The inverse is 2.085.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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 hot-rolled coil steel ratio today?
The lumber futures to hot-rolled coil steel ratio is 0.4795 — Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Hot-Rolled Coil Steel at $1,197.06 per Metric Ton, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to hot-rolled coil steel ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the hot-rolled coil steel price per Metric Ton. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Metric Tons of hot-rolled coil steel per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to hot-rolled coil steel ratio?
The inverse, hot-rolled coil steel to lumber futures, is 2.085 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Metric Ton of hot-rolled coil steel buys.