Convert Catties to Long Hundredweights
Convert Catties (catty) to Long Hundredweights (long cwt) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
long cwt = catty × 0.01188921485
About Catties
The catty (also jin 斤 in Chinese) is a traditional unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, equal to 600 grams in its modern metric form. It was historically the standard unit of trade for goods at markets throughout China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia for over a thousand years. Today the catty remains widely used in Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, and Singaporean wet markets and grocery stores for weighing vegetables, meat, and fish. In Hong Kong, the catty (斤) is precisely 604.79 grams; in mainland China it is exactly 500 grams (half a kilogram).
About Long Hundredweights
A long hundredweight (long cwt) equals 112 pounds or approximately 50.802 kg - equal to 8 stone. The standard hundredweight in the United Kingdom and much of its historical trading sphere, it reflects the medieval English stone of 14 lb (8 × 14 = 112). British agricultural commodity prices, wool trade records, and livestock market reports historically used long hundredweights. The UK meat trade still occasionally references hundredweights in wholesale pricing.
Quick Reference Table
| Catties (catty) | Long Hundredweights (long cwt) |
|---|---|
| 1 catty | 0.0118892 long cwt |
| 2 catty | 0.0237784 long cwt |
| 5 catty | 0.0594461 long cwt |
| 10 catty | 0.118892 long cwt |
| 25 catty | 0.29723 long cwt |
| 50 catty | 0.594461 long cwt |
| 100 catty | 1.18892 long cwt |