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Sorgum to Cotton Ratio
The sorgum to cotton ratio is 4.629 — Sorgum at $4.12 per Metric Ton divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Sorgum to Cotton ratio
1.000 T of sorgum = 4.629 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/SORG): 0.2160 — one Pound of cotton buys that much sorgum.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (38th percentile of the last 1 year)
Sorgum
$4.12
per Metric Ton
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of sorgum. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:09:05 GMT.
1Y average
4.689
median 4.729
1Y low
4.318
Aug 11, 2026
1Y high
5.093
Aug 19, 2026
Normal band
4.555–4.823
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.45σ
13 observations
Sorgum to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the SORG/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Sorgum / Cotton price chart below.
SORG/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one T of Sorgum buys, over 1Y.
SORG/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the SORG/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Sorgum 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 sorgum to cotton ratio
Sorgum to Cotton ratio = Sorgum price per Metric Ton ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Metric Ton of sorgum — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $4.12 ÷ $0.8900 = 4.629. The inverse is 0.2160.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the sorgum to cotton ratio today?
The sorgum to cotton ratio is 4.629 — Sorgum at $4.12 per Metric Ton divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the sorgum to cotton ratio?
Divide the sorgum price per Metric Ton 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 Metric Ton of sorgum.
What is the inverse of the sorgum to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to sorgum, is 0.2160 — how many Metric Tons of sorgum one Pound of cotton buys.