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Market Matters Blog           10/23 12:23

   DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Lower Again

   DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is 
lower versus one week ago.

Mary Kennedy
DTN Basis Analyst

   MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) -- The average DTN spot price for domestic distillers 
dried grains (DDG) from 33 locations reporting for the week ended Oct. 22 was 
$190 per short ton on average, down $3 versus one week ago. DDG prices were 
mixed but moved lower on average as the cash corn price and soybean meal price 
continued to decrease.

   The DTN National Average Corn Index is down 17 cents per bushel versus one 
week ago, while soybean meal futures price is down $12.50 per short ton versus 
one week ago.

   Based on the average of prices collected by DTN, the value of DDG relative 
to corn for the week ended Oct. 22 was 1.155%. The value of DDG relative to 
soybean meal was 54.71% and the cost per unit of protein for DDG was $7.04 
compared to the cost per unit of protein for soybean meal at $7.31.

   U.S. Grains and Bioproducts Council in its weekly distillers dried grains 
with solubles (DDGS) export market prices report showed November prices as of 
Oct. 22: CIF NOLA barge price was up $3 at $265 metric ton (mt) versus one week 
ago; FOB vessel Gulf price was up $4 at $289 mt; rail delivered PNW was down 
$12 at $279; and rail delivered to California was down $10 at $276 mt.

   Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.094 million barrels per 
day (bpd) in the week ended Oct. 16, the Energy Information Administration 
reported on Wednesday. That's up 29,000 bpd week-on-week and 18,000 bpd, or 
1.6%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output at 1.055 
million bpd was 8,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year. Midwest ethanol 
production averaged 1.033 million bpd, up 23,000 bpd week-on-week and 18,000 
bpd, or 1.7%, lower than in the same week last year. Four-week average output 
at 1 million bpd was 10,000 bpd below the same four weeks last year.

   NOTE: All prices subject to change/confirmation.

                                             CURRENT         PREVIOUS        
CHANGE
ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION
                                             10/22/2026      10/15/2026
COMPANY       STATE
Bartlett and Company, Kansas City, MO (816 714 3413)
                                             $195            $195            $0
              Missouri                Dry
                                             $95             $95             $0
                                      Wet
Show Me Ethanol LLC, Carrollton, MO (660-542-6493)
                                             $200            $190            $10
                                      Dry
                                             $100            $90             $10
                                      Wet
CHS, Minneapolis, MN (800-769-1066)
                                             $195            $205            
-$10
              Illinois                Dry
                                             $175            $178            -$3
              Indiana                 Dry
                                             $175            $178            -$3
              Iowa                    Dry
                                             $175            $180            -$5
              Michigan                Dry
                                             $172            $175            -$3
              Minnesota               Dry
                                             $220            $220            $0
              New York                Dry
                                             $180            $185            -$5
              South Dakota            Dry
POET Nutrition, Sioux Falls, SD (888-327-8799)
                                             $205            $205            $0
              Indiana                 Dry
                                             $200            $210            
-$10
              Iowa                    Dry
                                             $210            $210            $0
              Michigan                Dry
                                             $190            $200            
-$10
              Minnesota               Dry
                                             $210            $215            -$5
              Missouri                Dry
                                             $205            $205            $0
              Ohio                    Dry
                                             $200            $205            -$5
              South Dakota            Dry
                                             $215            $215            $0
              Nebraska                Dry
United BioEnergy, Wichita, KS (316-616-3521)
                                             $205            $210            -$5
              Kansas                  Dry
                                             $70             $70             $0
                                      Wet
                                             $200            $203            -$3
              Ill                     Dry
                                             $200            $205            -$5
              Nebraska                Dry
                                             $70             $70             $0
                                      Wet
U.S. Commodities, Minneapolis, MN (888-293-1640)
                                             $180            $185            -$5
              Illinois                Dry
                                             $180            $185            -$5
              Indiana                 Dry
                                             $180            $180            $0
              Iowa                    Dry
                                             $185            $185            $0
              Michigan                Dry
                                             $170            $170            $0
              Minnesota               Dry
                                             $180            $185            -$5
              Nebraska                Dry
                                             $185            $185            $0
              New York                Dry
                                             $180            $185            -$5
              North Dakota            Dry
                                             $185            $185            $0
              Ohio                    Dry
                                             $180            $180            $0
              South Dakota            Dry
                                             $170            $170            $0
              Wisconsin               Dry
Fox River Valley Ethanol, Oshkosh WI 715-709-0269
                                             $175            $175            $0
              FOB Pickett             Dry
Western Kansas
                                             $225            $225            $0
                                      Dry
                                             $72             $72             $0
                                      Wet
Western Milling
                                             $270            $277            -$7
              California              Dry
                                             $190            $193            -$3
**Weekly Average:
(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.

   NOTE: Prices are based off the futures market with the highest volume.

VALUE OF DDG VS. CORN & SOYBEAN MEAL
Settlement Price:                       Quote Date   Bushel      Short Ton

Corn                                    10/22/2026   $4.6050     $164.4643

Soybean Meal                            10/22/2026               $347.30

DDG Weekly Average Spot Price           10/22/2026               $190.00

DDG Value Relative to:                               10/22       10/15

Corn                                                 1.155%      1.131%

Soybean Meal                                         54.71%      53.64%

Cost Per Unit of Protein:

DDG                                                  $7.04       $7.15

Soybean Meal                                         $7.31       $7.57

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

   Follow her on social platform X @MaryCKenn




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