DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Up $3 Per Ton
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 average DTN spot price for domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) from 33 locations reporting for the week ended March 19 was $180 per ton on average, up $3 versus one week ago.
DDG prices were mixed but higher on average again for the week, with the cash corn and soybean meal prices higher again as well. Soybean meal prices were up $12.20 versus one week ago. As for cash corn, the DTN National Average Corn Index was up 8 cents versus one week ago. So far this month, DDG prices have been rising in sync with other higher-priced animal feeds.
Based on the average of prices collected by DTN, the value of DDG relative to corn for the week ended March 19 was 1.073%. The value of DDG relative to soybean meal was 54.14% and the cost per unit of protein for DDG was $6.67 compared to the cost per unit of protein for soybean meal at $7.
U.S. Grains and Bioproducts Council, in its weekly distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) export market prices report, showed these April prices as of March 19: CIF NOLA barge price was steady at $249 metric ton (mt) versus on week ago; FOB vessel Gulf price was down $4 at $260 mt; rail delivered PNW was down $11 at $270; and rail delivered to California was down $5 at $265 mt.
Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.093 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended March 13, according to the Energy Information Administration. That is down 33,000 bpd week-on-week and 40,000 bpd, or 3.8%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.107 million bpd was 22,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year. Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.035 million bpd, down 43,000 bpd week-on-week and 33,000 bpd, or 3.3%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.054 million bpd was 20,000 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 | 3/19/2026 | 3/12/2026 | ||
| Bartlett and Company, Kansas City, MO (816 714 3413) | |||||
| Missouri | Dry | $180 | $175 | $5 | |
| Wet | $100 | $95 | $5 | ||
| Show Me Ethanol LLC, Carrollton, MO (660-542-6493) | |||||
| Dry | $185 | $175 | $10 | ||
| Wet | $100 | $95 | $5 | ||
| CHS, Minneapolis, MN (800-769-1066) | |||||
| Illinois | Dry | $195 | $190 | $5 | |
| Indiana | Dry | $175 | $170 | $5 | |
| Iowa | Dry | $168 | $168 | $0 | |
| Michigan | Dry | $170 | $168 | $2 | |
| Minnesota | Dry | $158 | $158 | $0 | |
| New York | Dry | $195 | $200 | -$5 | |
| South Dakota | Dry | $170 | $170 | $0 | |
| POET Nutrition, Sioux Falls, SD (888-327-8799) | |||||
| Indiana | Dry | $190 | $190 | $0 | |
| Iowa | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |
| Michigan | Dry | $190 | $190 | $0 | |
| Minnesota | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |
| Missouri | Dry | $185 | $175 | $10 | |
| Ohio | Dry | $190 | $190 | $0 | |
| South Dakota | Dry | $170 | $165 | $5 | |
| Nebraska | Dry | $190 | $175 | $15 | |
| United BioEnergy, Wichita, KS (316-616-3521) | |||||
| Kansas | Dry | $190 | $190 | $0 | |
| Wet | $80 | $80 | $0 | ||
| Ill NO March | Dry | $185 | $185 | $0 | |
| Nebraska | Dry | $185 | $185 | $0 | |
| Wet | $75 | $75 | $0 | ||
| U.S. Commodities, Minneapolis, MN (888-293-1640) | |||||
| Illinois | Dry | $200 | $190 | $10 | |
| Indiana | Dry | $180 | $175 | $5 | |
| Iowa | Dry | $170 | $165 | $5 | |
| Michigan | Dry | $175 | $170 | $5 | |
| Minnesota | Dry | $165 | $165 | $0 | |
| Nebraska | Dry | $180 | $175 | $5 | |
| New York | Dry | $205 | $200 | $5 | |
| North Dakota | Dry | $180 | $178 | $2 | |
| Ohio | Dry | $185 | $180 | $5 | |
| South Dakota | Dry | $180 | $175 | $5 | |
| Wisconsin | Dry | $165 | $160 | $5 | |
| Fox River Valley Ethanol, Oshkosh WI 715-709-0269 | |||||
| FOBPickett NO offer NW | Dry | $165 | $165 | $0 | |
| Western Kansas | |||||
| Dry | $215 | $205 | $10 | ||
| Wet | $78 | $75 | $3 | ||
| Western Milling | |||||
| California | Dry | $259 | $257 | $2 | |
| **Weekly Average: | $180 | $177 | $3 | ||
| (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. | |||||
| VALUE OF DDG VS. CORN & SOYBEAN MEAL | |||
| Settlement Price: | Quote Date | Bushel | Short Ton |
| Corn | 3/19/2026 | $4.6975 | $167.7679 |
| Soybean Meal | 3/19/2026 | $332.50 | |
| DDG Weekly Average Spot Price | 3/19/2026 | $180.00 | |
| DDG Value Relative to: | 3/19 | 3/12 | |
| Corn | 1.073% | 1.072% | |
| Soybean Meal | 54.14% | 55.28% | |
| Cost Per Unit of Protein: | |||
| DDG | $6.67 | 6.56 | |
| Soybean Meal | $7.00 | 6.74 | |
| 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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