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Lumber Futures to Cattle Ratio
The lumber futures to cattle ratio is 254.2 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Cattle ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 254.195 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/LB-FUT): 0.003934 — one Pound of cattle buys that much lumber futures.
Above its 1 year average. (76th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:31:56 GMT.
1Y average
245.8
median 245.3
1Y low
201.6
Nov 12, 2025
1Y high
302.3
Jan 21, 2026
Normal band
232.2–259.5
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.61σ
200 observations
Lumber Futures to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Cattle price chart below.
LB-FUT/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and 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 cattle ratio
Lumber Futures to Cattle ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $573.54 ÷ $2.26 = 254.2. The inverse is 0.003934.
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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 cattle ratio today?
The lumber futures to cattle ratio is 254.2 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to cattle ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the cattle price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cattle per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to lumber futures, is 0.003934 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Pound of cattle buys.