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US ULSD Retail to Cotton Ratio
The us ulsd retail to cotton ratio is 6.193 — US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon divided by Cotton at $0.8800 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
US ULSD Retail to Cotton ratio
1.000 gal of us ulsd retail = 6.193 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/ULSD-RETAIL-US): 0.1615 — one Pound of cotton buys that much us ulsd retail.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (36th percentile of the last 1 year)
US ULSD Retail
$5.45
per Gallon
Cotton
$0.8800
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Gallon ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Gallon of us ulsd retail. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:32:15 GMT.
1Y average
6.304
median 6.337
1Y low
5.783
Jul 13, 2026
1Y high
6.855
Jun 8, 2026
Normal band
6.013–6.594
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.38σ
11 observations
US ULSD Retail to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the ULSD-RETAIL-US/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the US ULSD Retail / Cotton price chart below.
ULSD-RETAIL-US/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one gal of US ULSD Retail buys, over 1Y.
ULSD-RETAIL-US/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the ULSD-RETAIL-US/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
US ULSD Retail 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 us ulsd retail to cotton ratio
US ULSD Retail to Cotton ratio = US ULSD Retail price per Gallon ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Gallon of us ulsd retail — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $5.45 ÷ $0.8800 = 6.193. The inverse is 0.1615.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the us ulsd retail to cotton ratio today?
The us ulsd retail to cotton ratio is 6.193 — US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon divided by Cotton at $0.8800 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the us ulsd retail to cotton ratio?
Divide the us ulsd retail price per Gallon 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 Gallon of us ulsd retail.
What is the inverse of the us ulsd retail to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to us ulsd retail, is 0.1615 — how many Gallons of us ulsd retail one Pound of cotton buys.