What is a hundredweight (US)?

The hundredweight (US) is a mass unit equal to 100 avoirdupois pounds used primarily for bulk commercial weighing in the US customary system.

What is the pound (troy or apothecary)?

It is a historical mass unit used in apothecary and precious-metal measures, equal to 12 troy ounces or 5,760 grains, now largely obsolete except for bullion.

Why convert hundredweight (US) to troy pound?

This conversion is helpful to interpret bulk commercial weights into historical or specialized units needed for numismatic, museum, or pharmacological records.

How to Convert from Hundredweight (US) to Pound (Troy or Apothecary)?

Learn how to convert weight from hundredweight (US) to pound (troy or apothecary) with our easy-to-use online converter designed for historical, commercial, and specialized mass measurement needs.

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Hundredweight (US) to Pound (troy or apothecary) Conversion Table

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What Is This Tool?

This converter helps you change weight values from the US hundredweight unit, which is widely used in bulk commercial contexts, into the troy or apothecary pound, a historical unit primarily used in precious-metal measurement and older pharmacopoeias.

How to Use This Tool?

Enter the value in hundredweight (US) that you want to convert.
Select the target unit as pound (troy or apothecary).
Click the convert button to get the equivalent weight in the desired unit.

Key Features

Converts from hundredweight (US) to pound (troy or apothecary) accurately based on defined conversion rate.
Supports specialized and historical units relevant to numismatics, agriculture, and archival research.
Browser-based and easy to access without installing software.

Examples

2 Hundredweight (US) converts to 243.0555555556 Pound (troy or apothecary).
0.5 Hundredweight (US) converts to 60.7638888889 Pound (troy or apothecary).

Common Use Cases

Pricing and trading agricultural products like milk or grain, where weights are expressed in hundredweight.
Calculating bulk packaging and freight weights for commodities such as feed and fertilizer.
Interpreting historical apothecary prescriptions and cataloguing objects recorded in troy/apothecary pounds.
Converting coin weights and precious metal quantities for museum conservation and numismatic research.

Tips & Best Practices

Confirm the measurement system context to avoid confusion between US and UK hundredweight units.
Use the tool for historical or specialized conversions due to the troy pound’s limited modern use.
Double-check conversion results when dealing with archival or trade documentation to maintain accuracy.

Limitations

The troy pound is mostly obsolete, so its practical use is limited outside historical or specialized fields.
Unit system differences must be carefully managed to prevent conversion errors.
US hundredweight differs from the UK hundredweight, requiring attention to regional unit standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a hundredweight (US)?: The hundredweight (US) is a mass unit equal to 100 avoirdupois pounds used primarily for bulk commercial weighing in the US customary system.
What is the pound (troy or apothecary)?: It is a historical mass unit used in apothecary and precious-metal measures, equal to 12 troy ounces or 5,760 grains, now largely obsolete except for bullion.
Why convert hundredweight (US) to troy pound?: This conversion is helpful to interpret bulk commercial weights into historical or specialized units needed for numismatic, museum, or pharmacological records.

Key Terminology

Hundredweight (US): A US customary unit of mass equal to 100 avoirdupois pounds, used mostly in bulk commodity pricing and shipping.
Pound (troy or apothecary): A historical weight unit of 12 troy ounces, used in apothecaries and precious-metal measurement, mostly obsolete today.
Conversion Rate: The numerical factor used to translate one unit of measure into another, such as 1 Hundredweight (US) = 121.5277777778 Pound (troy or apothecary).

Quick Knowledge Check

Which unit is equal to 100 avoirdupois pounds?

Pound (troy or apothecary)

Hundredweight (US)

Troy ounce

The troy pound consists of how many troy ounces?

100

Why might you convert from hundredweight (US) to pound (troy or apothecary)?

To weigh fresh produce

To understand historical precious-metal weights

To calculate modern freight shipping

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