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Cattle to Copper Futures Ratio
The cattle to copper futures ratio is 0.3424 — Cattle at $2.26 per Pound divided by Copper Futures at $6.59 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to Copper Futures ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 0.3424 Lb of copper futures
Inverse (HG-FUT/LC1): 2.921 — one Pound of copper futures 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
Copper Futures
$6.59
per Pound
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of copper futures per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:34:23 GMT.
1Y average
0.4179
median 0.4141
1Y low
0.3207
Jan 28, 2026
1Y high
0.5484
Sep 9, 2025
Normal band
0.3793–0.4564
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.96σ
194 observations
Cattle to Copper Futures ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/HG-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Copper Futures price chart below.
LC1/HG-FUT ratio line
How many Lb of Copper Futures one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/HG-FUT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/HG-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle and Copper Futures 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 copper futures ratio
Cattle to Copper Futures ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ Copper Futures price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of copper futures per Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.26 ÷ $6.59 = 0.3424. The inverse is 2.921.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4647.62 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.00 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.75 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.77 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1885.63 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1351.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the cattle to copper futures ratio today?
The cattle to copper futures ratio is 0.3424 — Cattle at $2.26 per Pound divided by Copper Futures at $6.59 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to copper futures ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound by the copper futures price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of copper futures per Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to copper futures ratio?
The inverse, copper futures to cattle, is 2.921 — how many Pounds of cattle one Pound of copper futures buys.