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DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Lower on Average
MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) -- The DTN spot price for domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) from 33 locations reporting for the week ended Feb. 13 was down $1 on average at $158 per ton versus one week ago. DDG prices were mixed for the week but slightly lower on average as market participation was quiet according to a trader. The DTN National Average Corn Index was down 2 cents versus one week ago.
Based on the average of prices collected by DTN, the value of DDG relative to corn for the week ended Feb. 13 was 0.896%. The value of DDG relative to soybean meal was 53.98% and the cost per unit of protein for DDG was $5.85 compared to the cost per unit of protein for soybean meal at $6.16.
U.S. Grains Council in its weekly distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) export market prices report showed as of Feb. 13, February CIF NOLA barge price was up $6 at $211 metric ton (mt); FOB vessel Gulf price was up $3 at $221 mt; rail delivered PNW was down $4 at $229; and rail delivered to California was down $8 at $237 mt.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.082 million barrels per day (bpd) through Feb. 7, down 30,000 bpd week-on-week and 1,000 bpd, or 0.1%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.077 million bpd was 96,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year. Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.023 million bpd, down 35,000 bpd week-on-week and 9,000 bpd, or 0.9%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.022 million bpd was 92,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.
Note: All prices subject to change/confirmation.
| ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION | CURRENT | CURRENT | CHANGE | ||||||
| COMPANY | STATE | 2/13/2025 | 2/6/2025 | ||||||
| Bartlett and Company, Kansas City, MO (816 714 3413) | |||||||||
| Missouri | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| Wet | $90 | $90 | $0 | ||||||
| Show Me Ethanol LLC, Carrollton, MO (660-542-6493) | |||||||||
| Dry | $165 | $165 | $0 | ||||||
| Wet | $90 | $90 | $0 | ||||||
| CHS, Minneapolis, MN (800-769-1066) | |||||||||
| Illinois | Dry | $150 | $150 | $0 | |||||
| Indiana | Dry | $140 | $140 | $0 | |||||
| Iowa | Dry | $152 | $152 | $0 | |||||
| Michigan | Dry | $155 | $155 | $0 | |||||
| Minnesota | Dry | $150 | $150 | $0 | |||||
| New York | Dry | $165 | $165 | $0 | |||||
| South Dakota | Dry | $153 | $155 | -$2 | |||||
| POET Nutrition, Sioux Falls, SD (888-327-8799) | |||||||||
| Indiana | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| Iowa | Dry | $155 | $160 | -$5 | |||||
| Michigan | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| Minnesota | Dry | $155 | $160 | -$5 | |||||
| Missouri | Dry | $160 | $160 | $0 | |||||
| Ohio | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| South Dakota | Dry | $155 | $155 | $0 | |||||
| Nebraska | Dry | $160 | $160 | $0 | |||||
| United BioEnergy, Wichita, KS (316-616-3521) | |||||||||
| Kansas | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| Wet | $75 | $80 | -$5 | ||||||
| Illinois | Dry | $155 | $155 | $0 | |||||
| Nebraska | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| Wet | $75 | $80 | -$5 | ||||||
| U.S. Commodities, Minneapolis, MN (888-293-1640) | |||||||||
| Illinois | Dry | $145 | $145 | $0 | |||||
| Indiana | Dry | $145 | $145 | $0 | |||||
| Iowa | Dry | $150 | $150 | $0 | |||||
| Michigan | Dry | $152 | $152 | $0 | |||||
| Minnesota | Dry | $150 | $150 | $0 | |||||
| Nebraska | Dry | $155 | $155 | $0 | |||||
| New York | Dry | $175 | $175 | $0 | |||||
| North Dakota | Dry | $165 | $165 | $0 | |||||
| Ohio | Dry | $150 | $150 | $0 | |||||
| South Dakota | Dry | $155 | $155 | $0 | |||||
| Wisconsin | Dry | $145 | $147 | -$2 | |||||
| Fox River Valley Ethanol, Oshkosh WI 715-709-0269 | |||||||||
| FOB Pickett | Dry | $145 | $145 | $0 | |||||
| Western Kansas | |||||||||
| Kansas | Dry | $185 | $185 | $0 | |||||
| Wet | $75 | $75 | $0 | ||||||
| Western Milling | |||||||||
| California | Dry | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||
| **Weekly Average: | $158 | $159 | -$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. | |||||||||
| VALUE OF DDG VS. CORN & SOYBEAN MEAL | |||||||||
| Settlement Price: | Quote Date | Bushel | Short Ton | ||||||
| Corn | 2/13/2025 | $4.9350 | $176.2500 | ||||||
| Soybean Meal | 2/13/2025 | $292.70 | |||||||
| DDG Weekly Average Spot Price | 2/13/2025 | $158.00 | |||||||
| DDG Value Relative to: | 2/13 | 2/6 | |||||||
| Corn | 0.896% | 0.899% | |||||||
| Soybean Meal | 53.98% | 51.89% | |||||||
| Cost Per Unit of Protein: | |||||||||
| DDG | 5.85 | 5.89 | |||||||
| Soybean Meal | 6.16 | 6.45 | |||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
Mary Kennedy can be reached at mary.kennedy@dtn.com
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