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Cattle to Cotton Ratio
The cattle to cotton ratio is 2.535 — Cattle at $2.26 per Pound divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to Cotton ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 2.535 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/LC1): 0.3945 — one Pound of cotton buys that much cattle.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (2th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:11:01 GMT.
1Y average
3.346
median 3.422
1Y low
2.435
Aug 21, 2026
1Y high
3.980
Feb 6, 2026
Normal band
3.053–3.639
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-2.76σ
199 observations
Cattle to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Cotton price chart below.
LC1/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle and Cotton 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 cotton ratio
Cattle to Cotton ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.26 ÷ $0.8900 = 2.535. The inverse is 0.3945.
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Live prices behind the ratio
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 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 cattle to cotton ratio today?
The cattle to cotton ratio is 2.535 — Cattle at $2.26 per Pound divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to cotton ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to cattle, is 0.3945 — how many Pounds of cattle one Pound of cotton buys.