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Pork Rib to Cotton Ratio
The pork rib to cotton ratio is 178.7 — Pork Rib at $159.06 per Hundredweight divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Pork Rib to Cotton ratio
1.000 cwt of pork rib = 178.719 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/PORK-RIB): 0.005595 — one Pound of cotton buys that much pork rib.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (8th percentile of the last 1 year)
Pork Rib
$159.06
per Hundredweight
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Hundredweight ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Hundredweight of pork rib. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:23:55 GMT.
1Y average
184.2
median 185.0
1Y low
176.0
Aug 20, 2026
1Y high
193.3
Aug 5, 2026
Normal band
180.7–187.8
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.54σ
13 observations
Pork Rib to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the PORK-RIB/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Pork Rib / Cotton price chart below.
PORK-RIB/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one cwt of Pork Rib buys, over 1Y.
PORK-RIB/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the PORK-RIB/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Pork Rib 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 pork rib to cotton ratio
Pork Rib to Cotton ratio = Pork Rib price per Hundredweight ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Hundredweight of pork rib — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $159.06 ÷ $0.8900 = 178.7. The inverse is 0.005595.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the pork rib to cotton ratio today?
The pork rib to cotton ratio is 178.7 — Pork Rib at $159.06 per Hundredweight divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the pork rib to cotton ratio?
Divide the pork rib price per Hundredweight 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 Hundredweight of pork rib.
What is the inverse of the pork rib to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to pork rib, is 0.005595 — how many Hundredweights of pork rib one Pound of cotton buys.