# Four straight weeks of increases in benchmark diesel price - FreightWaves

> The EIA weekly benchmark retail diesel price rose 3.1 cents to $3.868 per gallon, the fourth straight weekly gain and the highest since early July 2024. The diesel-gasoline spread has widened to 92.9 cents per gallon.

- Date: 2025-11-18 · published 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11483-four-straight-weeks-of-increases-in-benchmark-diesel-price-freightwaves
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Rising benchmark diesel feeds through to fuel surcharges and hauling costs for feed transport, pressuring delivered feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| DIESEL | 2026-04-07 | [Latest DOE/EIA diesel benchmark price increase adds almost 25 cts - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10462-latest-doe-eia-diesel-benchmark-price-increase-adds-almost-25-cts-freightwaves.md) | -12.0% | -6.4% |
| DIESEL | 2024-09-23 | [After 10 straight weeks of declines, DOE/EIA diesel price up slightly - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28499-after-10-straight-weeks-of-declines-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-slightly.md) | -1.4% | -0.4% |
| 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 | 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% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/four-straight-weeks-of-increases-in-benchmark-diesel-price

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