Convert Short Hundredweights to Avoirdupois Drams
Convert Short Hundredweights (cwt) to Avoirdupois Drams (dr av) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
dr av = cwt × 25600
About Short Hundredweights
A short hundredweight (cwt, US cwt) equals exactly 100 pounds or approximately 45.359 kg. Used primarily in the United States for commodity trading, it represents the practical 'hundred-pound' unit for measuring coal, agricultural produce, livestock feed, and industrial materials. Commodity markets for cattle, hogs, and grain in the US price their products per hundredweight ($/cwt or $/100 lb). Steel and non-ferrous metal quotations in North America are commonly expressed in dollars per short hundredweight. The 'short' modifier distinguishes it from the UK long hundredweight (112 lb).
About Avoirdupois Drams
An avoirdupois dram (dr av) is 1/16 of an avoirdupois ounce - approximately 1.772 grams. Part of the avoirdupois system that governs everyday trade weights in the UK and US, it was historically used to measure small quantities of goods and spices in commerce. While rarely used in modern commerce (having been replaced by grams in most applications), the avoirdupois dram still appears in some spice and herbalist contexts, in US gunpowder loading data (where charges are specified in grains and drams), and in archaic recipe books.
Quick Reference Table
| Short Hundredweights (cwt) | Avoirdupois Drams (dr av) |
|---|---|
| 1 cwt | 25600 dr av |
| 2 cwt | 51200 dr av |
| 5 cwt | 128000 dr av |
| 10 cwt | 256000 dr av |
| 25 cwt | 640000 dr av |
| 50 cwt | 1280000 dr av |
| 100 cwt | 2560000 dr av |