Commodity ratio · live
Cattle to Cobalt Ratio
The cattle to cobalt ratio is 0.00003962 — Cattle at $2.23 per Pound divided by Cobalt at $56,290.00 per Metric Ton.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to Cobalt ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 0.00003962 T of cobalt
Inverse (COB/LC1): 25242 — one Metric Ton of cobalt buys that much cattle.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cattle
¢2.23
per Pound
Cobalt
$56,290.00
per Metric Ton
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Metric Ton. The ratio reads as Metric Tons of cobalt per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:20:04 GMT.
1Y average
0.00004680
median 0.00004398
1Y low
0.00003635
Jan 7, 2026
1Y high
0.00007403
Aug 28, 2025
Normal band
0.00003827–0.00005533
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.84σ
200 observations
Cattle to Cobalt ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/COB ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Cobalt price chart below.
LC1/COB ratio line
How many T of Cobalt one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/COB ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/COB ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle and Cobalt prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the cattle to cobalt ratio
Cattle to Cobalt ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ Cobalt price per Metric Ton
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Metric Tons of cobalt per Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.23 ÷ $56,290.00 = 0.00003962. The inverse is 25242.
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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 cattle to cobalt ratio today?
The cattle to cobalt ratio is 0.00003962 — Cattle at $2.23 per Pound divided by Cobalt at $56,290.00 per Metric Ton, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to cobalt ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound by the cobalt 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 cobalt per Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to cobalt ratio?
The inverse, cobalt to cattle, is 25242 — how many Pounds of cattle one Metric Ton of cobalt buys.