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Oats Future to Cotton Ratio
The oats future to cotton ratio is 369.1 — Oats Future at $328.51 per Bushel divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Oats Future to Cotton ratio
1.000 Bu of oats future = 369.112 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/OAT-FUT): 0.002709 — one Pound of cotton buys that much oats future.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (6th percentile of the last 1 year)
Oats Future
$328.51
per Bushel
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Bushel ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Bushel of oats future. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:15:35 GMT.
1Y average
442.4
median 451.6
1Y low
295.5
Jun 30, 2026
1Y high
575.8
Mar 13, 2026
Normal band
400.0–484.8
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.73σ
241 observations
Oats Future to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the OAT-FUT/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Oats Future / Cotton price chart below.
OAT-FUT/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one Bu of Oats Future buys, over 1Y.
OAT-FUT/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the OAT-FUT/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Oats Future and Cotton prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the oats future to cotton ratio
Oats Future to Cotton ratio = Oats Future price per Bushel ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Bushel of oats future — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $328.51 ÷ $0.8900 = 369.1. The inverse is 0.002709.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the oats future to cotton ratio today?
The oats future to cotton ratio is 369.1 — Oats Future at $328.51 per Bushel divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the oats future to cotton ratio?
Divide the oats future price per Bushel by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Bushel of oats future.
What is the inverse of the oats future to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to oats future, is 0.002709 — how many Bushels of oats future one Pound of cotton buys.