# DOE/EIA diesel price up for 9th straight week - FreightWaves

> The DOE/EIA weekly retail diesel price rose again, extending a run of increases to nine straight weeks and reaching its highest level since October 2008. The CME ultra low sulfur diesel settlement fell 6.9 cents from the prior week to $2.3981 a gallon. Retail prices are catching up to earlier spot increases.

- Date: 2021-11-15 · published 2021-11-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11827-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-9th-straight-week-freightwaves
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher diesel raises trucking and farm input costs, which can widen feed transport costs and pressure feed mill margins, while retail lag suggests spot weakness may not yet reach pump prices.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2021-05-03 | [DOE/EIA diesel price up for the week, first time since March - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47280-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-the-week-first-time-since-march-freightwaves.md) | +4.8% | +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 | 2021-02-16 | [DOE/EIA diesel price up 15th straight week; diesel market higher on refinery outages - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48822-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-15th-straight-week-diesel-market-higher-on-refinery.md) | +4.9% | +9.7% |
| 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 | 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% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-9th-straight-week

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