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Natural Gas Futures to Cattle Ratio
The natural gas futures to cattle ratio is 1.241 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.80 per Million British Thermal Units divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Natural Gas Futures to Cattle ratio
1.000 MMBtu of natural gas futures = 1.241 lbs of cattle
Inverse (LC1/NG-FUT): 0.8058 — one Pound of cattle buys that much natural gas futures.
Below its 1 year average. (28th percentile of the last 1 year)
Natural Gas Futures
$2.80
per Million British Thermal Units
Cattle
¢2.26
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Million British Thermal Units ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cattle per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:32:47 GMT.
1Y average
1.435
median 1.310
1Y low
0.9861
Apr 24, 2026
1Y high
2.688
Dec 5, 2025
Normal band
1.107–1.762
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.59σ
197 observations
Natural Gas Futures to Cattle ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the NG-FUT/LC1 ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Natural Gas Futures / Cattle price chart below.
NG-FUT/LC1 ratio line
How many lbs of Cattle one MMBtu of Natural Gas Futures buys, over 1Y.
NG-FUT/LC1 ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the NG-FUT/LC1 ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Natural Gas Futures 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 natural gas futures to cattle ratio
Natural Gas Futures to Cattle ratio = Natural Gas Futures price per Million British Thermal Units ÷ Cattle price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cattle per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.80 ÷ $2.26 = 1.241. The inverse is 0.8058.
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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 natural gas futures to cattle ratio today?
The natural gas futures to cattle ratio is 1.241 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.80 per Million British Thermal Units divided by Cattle at $2.26 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the natural gas futures to cattle ratio?
Divide the natural gas futures price per Million British Thermal Units 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 Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures.
What is the inverse of the natural gas futures to cattle ratio?
The inverse, cattle to natural gas futures, is 0.8058 — how many Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures one Pound of cattle buys.