Commodity ratio · live
Milk to Cattle Ratio
The milk to cattle ratio is 7.370 — Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Milk to Cattle ratio
1.000 Cwt of milk = 7.370 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/MILK): 0.1357 — one Pound of cattle buys that much milk.
Above its 1 year average. (80th percentile of the last 1 year)
Milk
$16.63
per Hundredweight
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Hundredweight ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Hundredweight of milk. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:39:28 GMT.
1Y average
6.953
median 6.897
1Y low
5.924
Jan 27, 2026
1Y high
8.410
Nov 26, 2025
Normal band
6.480–7.426
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.88σ
200 observations
Milk to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the MILK/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Milk / Cattle price chart below.
MILK/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one Cwt of Milk buys, over 1Y.
MILK/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the MILK/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Milk and Cattle 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 cattle ratio
Milk to Cattle ratio = Milk price per Hundredweight ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Hundredweight of milk — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $16.63 ÷ $2.26 = 7.370. The inverse is 0.1357.
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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 milk to cattle ratio today?
The milk to cattle ratio is 7.370 — Milk at $16.63 per Hundredweight divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the milk to cattle ratio?
Divide the milk price per Hundredweight by the cattle price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cattle per Hundredweight of milk.
What is the inverse of the milk to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to milk, is 0.1357 — how many Hundredweights of milk one Pound of cattle buys.