# Latest DOE/EIA diesel benchmark price increase adds almost 25 cts - FreightWaves

> The DOE/EIA weekly retail diesel benchmark rose 24.2 cents to $5.643/gal, its 12th consecutive weekly increase. The price is the highest since July 2022 and about 17 cents below the 2022 all-time high. ULSD futures were also trading higher on Tuesday.

- Date: 2026-04-07 · published 2026-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10462-latest-doe-eia-diesel-benchmark-price-increase-adds-almost-25-cts-freightwaves
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

The benchmark drives most trucking fuel surcharges, so rising diesel raises feed delivery costs and the total landed cost of feed ingredients. Futures strength signals further near-term increases.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2025-11-18 | [Four straight weeks of increases in benchmark diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11483-four-straight-weeks-of-increases-in-benchmark-diesel-price-freightwaves.md) | -5.1% | -16.2% |
| DIESEL | 2025-06-17 | [Benchmark diesel price makes its biggest upward move since January - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8384-benchmark-diesel-price-makes-its-biggest-upward-move-since-january-freightwaves.md) | -4.0% | +0.6% |
| DIESEL | 2022-06-13 | [New DOE methodology yields small change in weekly benchmark diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41120-new-doe-methodology-yields-small-change-in-weekly-benchmark-diesel-price.md) | -0.4% | -16.1% |
| DIESEL | 2020-11-09 | [DOE/EIA weekly diesel price up 1.1 cents per gallon - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50324-doe-eia-weekly-diesel-price-up-1-1-cents-per-gallon-freightwaves.md) | +5.1% | +22.2% |
| DIESEL | 2021-11-15 | [DOE/EIA diesel price up for 9th straight week - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11827-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-9th-straight-week-freightwaves.md) | -4.8% | -7.1% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/latest-doe-eia-diesel-benchmark-price-increase-adds-almost-25-cts

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