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MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) -- The DTN price for domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) from 33 locations reporting for the week ended Jan. 2 was steady on average versus two weeks ago at $156 per ton. DDG prices were mixed but steady for the week, while cash corn prices rose and soybean meal futures gained nearly $35 per ton from the contract low made in early December. The DTN National Average Corn Index was up 18 cents versus two weeks ago.

Based on the average of prices collected by DTN, the value of DDG relative to corn for the week ended Jan. 2 was 0.95%. The value of DDG relative to soybean meal was 50.18% and the cost per unit of protein for DDG was $5.78 compared to the cost per unit of protein for soybean meal at $6.55.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.111 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Dec. 27, the Energy Information Administration reports, up 4,000 bpd week-on-week and 62,000 bpd, or 5.6%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.1 million bpd was 25,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year. Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.055 million bpd, up 10,000 bpd week-on-week and 60,000 bpd, or 5.7%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.04 million bpd was 24,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.

Note: All prices subject to change/confirmation.

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