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MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) -- The DTN spot price for domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) from 33 locations reporting for the week ended Feb. 27 was down $2 on average at $156 per ton versus one week ago. DDG prices were mixed for the week but lower on average as cash corn prices fell and merchandisers noted there was plenty of supply on hand. The DTN National Average Corn Index was down 30 cents versus one week ago.

U.S. Grains Council in its weekly distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) March export market prices report showed as of Feb. 27, CIF NOLA barge price was down $17 at $211 metric ton (mt); FOB vessel Gulf price was down $6 at $225 mt; rail delivered PNW was down $4 at $240; and rail delivered to California was down $8 at $244 mt.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported overall ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.081 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week-ended Feb. 21, down 3,000 bpd week-on-week. Still, total output for the week was 3,000 bpd, or 0.3%, higher than in the same week last year. Data show four-week average total ethanol output at 1.09 million bpd was 21,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year. Midwest ethanol production averaged 1.033 million bpd last week, steady from the week prior while 4,000 bpd, or 0.4%, higher than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.037 million bpd was 18,000 bpd above the same four weeks last year.

Note: All prices subject to change/confirmation.

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