# DDGS Weekly Market Report – August 16, 2018 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

> Following USDA's WASDE report, cash corn fell sharply before partly recovering. FOB ethanol plant DDGS rose for a fifth straight week, while Gulf DDGS eased to $208 for September shipment. Cattle feeder demand for DDGS is expected to increase into late 2018 and early 2019.

- Date: 2018-08-16 · published 2018-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63626-ddgs-weekly-market-report-august-16-2018-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Expected stronger domestic cattle-feeder demand in Q4 2018 and Q1 2019 supports DDGS prices, while the WASDE-driven corn decline reduces feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-07-16 | [Market Perspectives – July 16, 2020 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4467-market-perspectives-july-16-2020-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +0.8% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2018-12-13 | [Market Perspectives - December 13, 2018 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61482-market-perspectives-december-13-2018-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | -0.1% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2023-05-18 | [Market Perspectives – May 18, 2023 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7839-market-perspectives-may-18-2023-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +5.6% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2016-11-10 | [Market Perspectives November 10, 2016 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12242-market-perspectives-november-10-2016-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | -3.7% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2017-12-13 | [Market Perspectives December 14, 2017 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8426-market-perspectives-december-14-2017-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +2.1% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/ddgs_report/ddgs-weekly-market-report-august-16-2018/

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