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Milk to US Diesel Ratio
The milk to us diesel ratio is 3.051 — Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight divided by US Diesel at $5.45 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Milk to US Diesel ratio
1.000 Cwt of milk = 3.051 gal of us diesel
Inverse (DIESEL-US/MILK): 0.3277 — one Gallon of us diesel buys that much milk.
Below its 1 year average. (27th percentile of the last 1 year)
Milk
$16.63
per Hundredweight
US Diesel
$5.45
per Gallon
Unit basis: USD per Hundredweight ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of us diesel per Hundredweight of milk. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:32:33 GMT.
1Y average
3.166
median 3.160
1Y low
2.921
Aug 3, 2026
1Y high
3.428
Jun 29, 2026
Normal band
3.003–3.329
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.70σ
11 observations
Milk to US Diesel ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the MILK/DIESEL-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Milk / US Diesel price chart below.
MILK/DIESEL-US ratio line
How many gal of US Diesel one Cwt of Milk buys, over 1Y.
MILK/DIESEL-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the MILK/DIESEL-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Milk and US Diesel 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 us diesel ratio
Milk to US Diesel ratio = Milk price per Hundredweight ÷ US Diesel price per Gallon
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallons of us diesel per Hundredweight of milk — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $16.63 ÷ $5.45 = 3.051. The inverse is 0.3277.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1350.90 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the milk to us diesel ratio today?
The milk to us diesel ratio is 3.051 — Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight divided by US Diesel at $5.45 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the milk to us diesel ratio?
Divide the milk price per Hundredweight by the us diesel price per Gallon. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallons of us diesel per Hundredweight of milk.
What is the inverse of the milk to us diesel ratio?
The inverse, us diesel to milk, is 0.3277 — how many Hundredweights of milk one Gallon of us diesel buys.