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Cattle to US ULSD Retail Ratio
The cattle to us ulsd retail ratio is 0.4092 — Cattle at $2.23 per Pound divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cattle to US ULSD Retail ratio
1.000 lbs of cattle = 0.4092 gal of us ulsd retail
Inverse (ULSD-RETAIL-US/LC1): 2.444 — one Gallon of us ulsd retail 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
US ULSD Retail
$5.45
per Gallon
Unit basis: US Cent per Pound ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Pound of cattle. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:20:39 GMT.
1Y average
0.4815
median 0.4732
1Y low
0.4366
Jul 20, 2026
1Y high
0.5357
Jun 22, 2026
Normal band
0.4450–0.5179
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.98σ
3 observations
Cattle to US ULSD Retail ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the LC1/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cattle / US ULSD Retail price chart below.
LC1/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line
How many gal of US ULSD Retail one lbs of Cattle buys, over 1Y.
LC1/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the LC1/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cattle and US ULSD Retail 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 us ulsd retail ratio
Cattle to US ULSD Retail ratio = Cattle price per Pound ÷ US ULSD Retail price per Gallon
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallons of us ulsd retail per Pound of cattle — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.23 ÷ $5.45 = 0.4092. The inverse is 2.444.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cattle to us ulsd retail ratio today?
The cattle to us ulsd retail ratio is 0.4092 — Cattle at $2.23 per Pound divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cattle to us ulsd retail ratio?
Divide the cattle price per Pound by the us ulsd retail price per Gallon. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Pound of cattle.
What is the inverse of the cattle to us ulsd retail ratio?
The inverse, us ulsd retail to cattle, is 2.444 — how many Pounds of cattle one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys.