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Lumber Futures to Silver Ratio
The lumber futures to silver ratio is 8.321 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Silver at $68.93 per Troy Ounce.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:27 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Lumber Futures to Silver ratio
1.000 Mbf of lumber futures = 8.321 T.oz of silver
Inverse (XAG/LB-FUT): 0.1202 — one Troy Ounce of silver buys that much lumber futures.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (43th percentile of the last 1 year)
Lumber Futures
$573.54
per Thousand Board Feet
Silver
$68.93
per Troy Ounce
Unit basis: USD per Thousand Board Feet ÷ USD per Troy Ounce. The ratio reads as Troy Ounces of silver per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:27:02 GMT.
1Y average
9.240
median 8.819
1Y low
4.983
Jan 28, 2026
1Y high
15.87
Aug 24, 2025
Normal band
7.044–11.44
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.42σ
338 observations
Lumber Futures to Silver ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LB-FUT/XAG ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Lumber Futures / Silver price chart below.
LB-FUT/XAG ratio line
How many T.oz of Silver one Mbf of Lumber Futures buys, over 1Y.
LB-FUT/XAG ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LB-FUT/XAG ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Lumber Futures and Silver 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 silver ratio
Lumber Futures to Silver ratio = Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet ÷ Silver price per Troy Ounce
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Troy Ounces of silver per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $573.54 ÷ $68.93 = 8.321. The inverse is 0.1202.
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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 silver ratio today?
The lumber futures to silver ratio is 8.321 — Lumber Futures at $573.54 per Thousand Board Feet divided by Silver at $68.93 per Troy Ounce, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the lumber futures to silver ratio?
Divide the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet by the silver price per Troy Ounce. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Troy Ounces of silver per Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures.
What is the inverse of the lumber futures to silver ratio?
The inverse, silver to lumber futures, is 0.1202 — how many Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures one Troy Ounce of silver buys.