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Milk to Chicken Ratio
The milk to chicken ratio is 13.09 — Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight divided by Chicken at $1.27 per Kilogram.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Milk to Chicken ratio
1.000 Cwt of milk = 13.094 kg of chicken
Inverse (CHKN/MILK): 0.07637 — one Kilogram of chicken buys that much milk.
Above its 1 year average. (80th percentile of the last 1 year)
Milk
$16.63
per Hundredweight
Chicken
$1.27
per Kilogram
Unit basis: USD per Hundredweight ÷ USD per Kilogram. The ratio reads as Kilograms of chicken per Hundredweight of milk. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:37:28 GMT.
1Y average
12.63
median 12.41
1Y low
12.28
Jul 20, 2026
1Y high
13.15
Aug 10, 2026
Normal band
12.27–12.99
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+1.30σ
5 observations
Milk to Chicken ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the MILK/CHKN ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Milk / Chicken price chart below.
MILK/CHKN ratio line
How many kg of Chicken one Cwt of Milk buys, over 1Y.
MILK/CHKN ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the MILK/CHKN ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Milk and Chicken prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the milk to chicken ratio
Milk to Chicken ratio = Milk price per Hundredweight ÷ Chicken price per Kilogram
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Kilograms of chicken per Hundredweight of milk — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $16.63 ÷ $1.27 = 13.09. The inverse is 0.07637.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4655.18 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.27 |
| 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 milk to chicken ratio today?
The milk to chicken ratio is 13.09 — Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight divided by Chicken at $1.27 per Kilogram, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the milk to chicken ratio?
Divide the milk price per Hundredweight by the chicken price per Kilogram. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Kilograms of chicken per Hundredweight of milk.
What is the inverse of the milk to chicken ratio?
The inverse, chicken to milk, is 0.07637 — how many Hundredweights of milk one Kilogram of chicken buys.