# After 4 straight increases, benchmark diesel price falls - FreightWaves

> The EIA weekly average US retail diesel price fell 5.6 cents to $3.659 per gallon, the first decline in five weeks, as oil prices eased. The move followed Trump's call for OPEC to lower oil prices.

- Date: 2025-01-27 · published 2025-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26676-after-4-straight-increases-benchmark-diesel-price-falls-freightwaves
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

Lower retail diesel reduces freight and fuel costs for feed mills and haulers, and softens the energy-linked cost base for feed ingredients. Uncertainty over whether OPEC will respond limits how far prices may fall.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bearish ▼
- DIESEL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/after-four-straight-increases-benchmark-diesel-price-falls

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