# Grain Shipment Prices High Despite Falling Diesel Prices | Feed & Grain

> The USDA Grain Transportation Report for August 11 showed U.S. diesel prices fell below $5 per gallon for the first time since March, though still far above last year. Shipping costs for soybeans remain sharply higher than a year earlier across truck, barge and ocean routes.

- Date: 2022-08-12 · published 2022-08-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40223-grain-shipment-prices-high-despite-falling-diesel-prices-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Elevated freight and fuel costs widen the basis and raise landed costs for feed ingredients, while easing diesel prices offer modest relief to shippers.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲
- DIESEL: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2017-02-06 | [Diesel Prices Fall, But Just Barely \| Heavy Duty Trucking](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72660-diesel-prices-fall-but-just-barely-heavy-duty-trucking.md) | -0.0% | -3.6% |
| DIESEL | 2023-02-16 | [Carriers' conditions improved in December with falling diesel prices \| Commercial Carrier Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37504-carriers-conditions-improved-in-december-with-falling-diesel-prices-commercial.md) | -4.8% | -6.1% |
| DIESEL | 2018-12-24 | [2018 Diesel Prices Stay Consistent Around $3 a Gallon - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61738-2018-diesel-prices-stay-consistent-around-3-a-gallon-tt.md) | -3.5% | +8.7% |
| DIESEL | 2025-05-28 | [Diesel Price Sheds 4.9¢ to $3.487 a Gallon - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24875-diesel-price-sheds-4-9-to-3-487-a-gallon-tt.md) | +0.9% | +10.9% |
| DIESEL | 2019-04-10 | [Summer may bring lower diesel fuel retail prices » Land Line Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59771-summer-may-bring-lower-diesel-fuel-retail-prices-land-line-media.md) | +1.8% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-handling-processing/news/15384925/grain-shipment-prices-high-despite-falling-diesel-prices

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