DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Higher on Average
DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is higher versus one week ago.
DTN’s weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains for the week ended April 9 is slightly higher versus one week ago. (DTN file photo)
MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) — The DTN spot price for domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) from 33 locations reporting for the week ended Jan. 22 was $162 per ton on average, $1 higher versus one week ago.
DDG prices were mixed but slightly higher on average for the week, with the cash corn price recovering some of last week’s losses and soybean meal prices up $7.00 versus one week ago. As for cash corn, the DTN National Average Corn Index was up 5 cents versus one week ago.
U.S. Grains and Bioproducts Council, in its weekly distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) export market prices report, showed February prices as of Jan. 22: CIF NOLA barge price was steady at $220 metric ton (mt) versus on week ago; FOB vessel Gulf price was up $7 at $251 mt; rail delivered PNW was up 4 at $260; and rail delivered to California was down $14 at $236 mt.
Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.119 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Jan. 16, bpd, down 77,000 bpd versus prior week and 12,000 bpd, or 1.1%, higher than in the same week last year, the Energy Information Administration reported on Wednesday. Four-week average output at 1.119 million bpd was 26,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.066 million bpd, down 73,000 bpd versus prior week and 21,000 bpd, or 2%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.062 million bpd was 31,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Note: All prices subject to change/confirmation.
| ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION | CURRENT | PREVIOUS | CHANGE | ||||||
| COMPANY | STATE | 1/22/2025 | 1/15/2025 | ||||||
| Bartlett and Company, Kansas City, MO (816 714 3413) | |||||||||
| Missouri | Dry | $180 | $185 | -$5 | |||||
| Wet | $90 | $90 | $0 | ||||||
| Show Me Ethanol LLC, Carrollton, MO (660-542-6493) | |||||||||
| Dry | $170 | $170 | $0 | ||||||
| Wet | $90 | $90 | $0 | ||||||
| CHS, Minneapolis, MN (800-769-1066) | |||||||||
| Illinois | Dry | $160 | $160 | $0 | |||||
| Indiana | Dry | $150 | $150 | $0 | |||||
| Iowa | Dry | $145 | $145 | $0 | |||||
| Michigan | Dry | $150 | $150 | $0 | |||||
| Minnesota | Dry | $145 | $147 | -$2 | |||||
| New York | Dry | $182 | $180 | $2 | |||||
| South Dakota | Dry | $155 | $160 | -$5 | |||||
| POET Nutrition, Sioux Falls, SD (888-327-8799) | |||||||||
| Indiana | Dry | $185 | $185 | $0 | |||||
| Iowa | Dry | $175 | $165 | $10 | |||||
| Michigan | Dry | $180 | $180 | $0 | |||||
| Minnesota | Dry | $175 | $165 | $10 | |||||
| Missouri | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| Ohio | Dry | $180 | $180 | $0 | |||||
| South Dakota | Dry | $163 | $163 | $0 | |||||
| Nebraska | Dry | $168 | $168 | $0 | |||||
| United BioEnergy, Wichita, KS (316-616-3521) | |||||||||
| Kansas | Dry | $180 | $180 | $0 | |||||
| Wet | $70 | $70 | $0 | ||||||
| Ill SOLD OUT Jan. | Dry | $170 | $170 | $0 | |||||
| Nebraska | Dry | $170 | $170 | $0 | |||||
| Wet | $65 | $65 | $0 | ||||||
| U.S. Commodities, Minneapolis, MN (888-293-1640) | |||||||||
| Illinois | Dry | $155 | $155 | $0 | |||||
| Indiana | Dry | $145 | $145 | $0 | |||||
| Iowa | Dry | $140 | $140 | $0 | |||||
| Michigan | Dry | $145 | $145 | $0 | |||||
| Minnesota | Dry | $140 | $140 | $0 | |||||
| Nebraska | Dry | $160 | $150 | $10 | |||||
| New York | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| North Dakota | Dry | $160 | $160 | $0 | |||||
| Ohio | Dry | $160 | $160 | $0 | |||||
| South Dakota | Dry | $150 | $150 | $0 | |||||
| Wisconsin | Dry | $140 | $140 | $0 | |||||
| Fox River Valley Ethanol, Oshkosh WI 715-709-0269 | |||||||||
| FOB Pickett | Dry | $140 | $140 | $0 | |||||
| Western Kansas | |||||||||
| Dry | $205 | $210 | -$5 | ||||||
| Wet | $67 | $71 | -$4 | ||||||
| Western Milling | |||||||||
| California SUBJ | Dry | $236 | $240 | -$4 | |||||
| **Weekly Average: | $162 | $161 | $1 | ||||||
| (Prices listed per ton) | |||||||||
| **The weekly average prices above reflect only those companies DTN | |||||||||
| collects spot prices from. States include: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, | |||||||||
| Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, | |||||||||
| Wisconsin and Indiana. Prices for Pennsylvania, New York and | |||||||||
| California are not included in the averages. | |||||||||
| NO VALUE OF DDG VS. CORN & SOYBEAN MEAL table today. | |||||||||
| Settlement Price: | Quote Date | Bushel | Short Ton | ||||||
| Corn | |||||||||
| Soybean Meal | |||||||||
| DDG Weekly Average Spot Price | |||||||||
| DDG Value Relative to: | |||||||||
| Corn | |||||||||
| Soybean Meal | |||||||||
| Cost Per Unit of Protein: | |||||||||
| DDG | |||||||||
| Soybean Meal | |||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||
| Corn and soybean prices taken from DTN Market Quotes. DDG price | |||||||||
| represents the average spot price from Midwest companies | |||||||||
| collected on Thursday afternoons. Soybean meal cost per unit | |||||||||
| of protein is cost per ton divided by 47.5. DDG cost per unit | |||||||||
| of protein is cost per ton divided by 27. | |||||||||
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