# Explaining Fluctuations in DDG Prices

> An analysis from Purdue's Center for Commercial Agriculture examines how DDG prices track corn and soybean meal prices in central Illinois. It notes a correlation of 0.851 between DDG and corn prices over 2007 to 2024, with periods of divergence. The piece explains DDGs' substitutability in livestock rations.

- Date: 2025-12-01 · published 2025-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21950-explaining-fluctuations-in-ddg-prices
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

DDG pricing tends to follow corn and soybean meal, so feed buyers can use corn and meal moves as a guide to DDG value. The article gives no new supply or demand shock.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral

## Sources

- ag.purdue.edu: https://ag.purdue.edu/commercialag/home/resource/2025/11/explaining-fluctuations-in-ddg-prices-3/

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