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Lumber Futures to Pork Ham Ratio
The lumber futures to pork ham ratio is 7.211 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Pork Ham at $79.54 per Hundredweight.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Pork Ham ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 7.211 cwt of pork ham
Inverse (PORK-HAM/LB-FUT): 0.1387 — one Hundredweight of pork ham buys that much lumber futures.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (69th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Pork Ham
$79.54
per Hundredweight
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Hundredweight. The ratio reads as Hundredweights of pork ham per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:20:59 GMT.
1Y average
7.175
median 7.129
1Y low
6.810
Aug 11, 2026
1Y high
7.687
Aug 21, 2026
Normal band
6.925–7.425
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.14σ
13 observations
Lumber Futures to Pork Ham ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/PORK-HAM ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Pork Ham price chart below.
LB-FUT/PORK-HAM ratio line
How many cwt of Pork Ham one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/PORK-HAM ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/PORK-HAM ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Pork Ham 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 pork ham ratio
Lumber Futures to Pork Ham ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Pork Ham price per Hundredweight
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Hundredweights of pork ham per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $573.54 ÷ $79.54 = 7.211. The inverse is 0.1387.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 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 pork ham ratio today?
The lumber futures to pork ham ratio is 7.211 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Pork Ham at $79.54 per Hundredweight, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to pork ham ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the pork ham price per Hundredweight. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Hundredweights of pork ham per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to pork ham ratio?
The inverse, pork ham to lumber futures, is 0.1387 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Hundredweight of pork ham buys.