Commodity ratio · live
Cattle to Milk Ratio
The cattle to milk ratio is 0.1341 — Cattle at $2.23 per Pound divided by Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight.
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 Milk ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 0.1341 Cwt of milk
Inverse (MILK/LC1): 7.457 — one Hundredweight of milk buys that much cattle.
Below its 1 year average. (18th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cattle
¢2.23
per Pound
Milk
$16.63
per Hundredweight
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Hundredweight. The ratio reads as Hundredweights of milk per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:20:31 GMT.
1Y average
0.1445
median 0.1450
1Y low
0.1189
Nov 26, 2025
1Y high
0.1688
Jan 27, 2026
Normal band
0.1348–0.1542
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.07σ
200 observations
Cattle to Milk ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/MILK ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Milk price chart below.
LC1/MILK ratio line
How many Cwt of Milk one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/MILK ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/MILK ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle and Milk 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 milk ratio
Cattle to Milk ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ Milk price per Hundredweight
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Hundredweights of milk per Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.23 ÷ $16.63 = 0.1341. The inverse is 7.457.
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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 milk ratio today?
The cattle to milk ratio is 0.1341 — Cattle at $2.23 per Pound divided by Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to milk ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound by the milk price per Hundredweight. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Hundredweights of milk per Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to milk ratio?
The inverse, milk to cattle, is 7.457 — how many Pounds of cattle one Hundredweight of milk buys.