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Silver to Cotton Ratio
The silver to cotton ratio is 77.51 — Silver at $68.98 per Troy Ounce divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Silver to Cotton ratio
1.000 T.oz of silver = 77.506 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/XAG): 0.01290 — one Pound of cotton buys that much silver.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (36th percentile of the last 1 year)
Silver
$68.98
per Troy Ounce
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Troy Ounce ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Troy Ounce of silver. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:24:31 GMT.
1Y average
93.10
median 89.00
1Y low
55.59
Aug 25, 2025
1Y high
185.2
Jan 27, 2026
Normal band
68.73–117.5
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.64σ
252 observations
Silver to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the XAG/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Silver / Cotton price chart below.
XAG/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one T.oz of Silver buys, over 1Y.
XAG/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the XAG/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Silver 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 silver to cotton ratio
Silver to Cotton ratio = Silver price per Troy Ounce ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Troy Ounce of silver — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $68.98 ÷ $0.8900 = 77.51. The inverse is 0.01290.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4647.62 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.00 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.75 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.77 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1885.63 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1351.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the silver to cotton ratio today?
The silver to cotton ratio is 77.51 — Silver at $68.98 per Troy Ounce divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the silver to cotton ratio?
Divide the silver price per Troy Ounce 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 Troy Ounce of silver.
What is the inverse of the silver to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to silver, is 0.01290 — how many Troy Ounces of silver one Pound of cotton buys.