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Milk to Lumber Futures Ratio

The milk to lumber futures ratio is 0.02897 Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight divided by Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet.

Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.

Hundredweight

Milk to Lumber Futures ratio

0.02897-7.98% / 1Y

1.000 Cwt of milk = 0.02897 Mbf of lumber futures

Inverse (LB-FUT/MILK): 34.52 — one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys that much milk.

Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (62th percentile of the last 1 year)

Milk

$16.63

per Hundredweight

Lumber Futures

$574.00

per Thousand Board Feet

Unit basis: USD per Hundredweight ÷ USD per Thousand Board Feet. The ratio reads as Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Hundredweight of milk. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:49:24 GMT.

1Y average

0.02812

median 0.02865

1Y low

0.02373

Jul 23, 2026

1Y high

0.03491

Sep 7, 2025

Normal band

0.02578–0.03046

mean ± 1 std dev

Deviation from mean

+0.36σ

338 observations

Milk to Lumber Futures ratio charts

Pick a range once — it applies to the MILK/LB-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Milk / Lumber Futures price chart below.

MILK/LB-FUT ratio line

How many Mbf of Lumber Futures one Cwt of Milk buys, over 1Y.

MILK/LB-FUT ratio candles

Open, high, low and close of the MILK/LB-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.

Milk and Lumber Futures 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 lumber futures ratio

Milk to Lumber Futures ratio = Milk price per Hundredweight ÷ Lumber Futures price per Thousand Board Feet

The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Hundredweight of milk — rather than a plain count.

Worked example, live prices: $16.63 ÷ $574.00 = 0.02897. The inverse is 34.52.

Live prices behind the ratio

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5NG-FUTNatural Gas Futures2.78
6PLPlatinum1883.84
7PAPalladium1350.90

Frequently asked questions

What is the milk to lumber futures ratio today?

The milk to lumber futures ratio is 0.02897 — Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight divided by Lumber Futures at $574.00 per Thousand Board Feet, from live mid-market prices.

How do you calculate the milk to lumber futures ratio?

Divide the milk price per Hundredweight by the lumber futures price per Thousand Board Feet. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Thousand Board Feets of lumber futures per Hundredweight of milk.

What is the inverse of the milk to lumber futures ratio?

The inverse, lumber futures to milk, is 34.52 — how many Hundredweights of milk one Thousand Board Feet of lumber futures buys.