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Cattle to Natural Gas Futures Ratio
The cattle to natural gas futures ratio is 0.8058 — Cattle at $2.26 per Pound divided by Natural Gas Futures at $2.80 per Million British Thermal Units.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to Natural Gas Futures ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 0.8058 MMBtu of natural gas futures
Inverse (NG-FUT/LC1): 1.241 — one Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures buys that much cattle.
Above its 1 year average. (72th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Natural Gas Futures
$2.80
per Million British Thermal Units
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Million British Thermal Units. The ratio reads as Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:32:47 GMT.
1Y average
0.7281
median 0.7636
1Y low
0.3721
Dec 5, 2025
1Y high
1.014
Apr 24, 2026
Normal band
0.5888–0.8673
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.56σ
197 observations
Cattle to Natural Gas Futures ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/NG-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / Natural Gas Futures price chart below.
LC1/NG-FUT ratio line
How many MMBtu of Natural Gas Futures one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/NG-FUT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/NG-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle and Natural Gas 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 natural gas futures ratio
Cattle to Natural Gas Futures ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ Natural Gas Futures price per Million British Thermal Units
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures per Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.26 ÷ $2.80 = 0.8058. The inverse is 1.241.
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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 natural gas futures ratio today?
The cattle to natural gas futures ratio is 0.8058 — Cattle at $2.26 per Pound divided by Natural Gas Futures at $2.80 per Million British Thermal Units, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to natural gas futures ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound by the natural gas futures price per Million British Thermal Units. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures per Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to natural gas futures ratio?
The inverse, natural gas futures to cattle, is 1.241 — how many Pounds of cattle one Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures buys.