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Steel to US ULSD Retail Ratio
The steel to us ulsd retail ratio is 562.6 — Steel at $3,066.00 per Metric Ton divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:35 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Steel to US ULSD Retail ratio
1.000 T of steel = 562.569 gal of us ulsd retail
Inverse (ULSD-RETAIL-US/STEEL): 0.001778 — one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys that much steel.
Below its 1 year average. (18th percentile of the last 1 year)
Steel
¥3,066.00
per Metric Ton
US ULSD Retail
$5.45
per Gallon
Unit basis: CNY per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Metric Ton of steel. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:35:07 GMT.
These two commodities are quoted in different currencies (CNY and USD). The figure above is a raw quote ratio and is not FX-adjusted.
1Y average
606.5
median 601.5
1Y low
553.6
Aug 17, 2026
1Y high
669.7
Jul 6, 2026
Normal band
569.0–644.0
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.17σ
11 observations
Steel to US ULSD Retail ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the STEEL/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Steel / US ULSD Retail price chart below.
STEEL/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line
How many gal of US ULSD Retail one T of Steel buys, over 1Y.
STEEL/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the STEEL/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Steel and US ULSD Retail prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the steel to us ulsd retail ratio
Steel to US ULSD Retail ratio = Steel price per Metric Ton ÷ US ULSD Retail price per Gallon
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallons of us ulsd retail per Metric Ton of steel — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $3,066.00 ÷ $5.45 = 562.6. The inverse is 0.001778.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1351.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the steel to us ulsd retail ratio today?
The steel to us ulsd retail ratio is 562.6 — Steel at $3,066.00 per Metric Ton divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the steel to us ulsd retail ratio?
Divide the steel price per Metric Ton by the us ulsd retail price per Gallon. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Metric Ton of steel.
What is the inverse of the steel to us ulsd retail ratio?
The inverse, us ulsd retail to steel, is 0.001778 — how many Metric Tons of steel one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys.