# Market Perspectives November 16, 2017 - Page 6 of 10 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

> The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council weekly commentary reports DDGS prices rose $4/MT on the week, driven by China trade news, cold-weather feed demand across the Plains, and stronger export demand. FOB ethanol plant DDGS were valued at 40% of cash soybean meal and 104% of cash corn, both ratios up from the prior week.

- Date: 2017-11-16 · published 2017-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68092-market-perspectives-november-16-2017-page-6-of-10-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger DDGS pricing relative to soybean meal and corn improves its cost competitiveness in feed rations, supporting near-term demand and prices for DDGS.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/market_perspectives/market-perspectives-november-16-2017/6/
- grains.org: https://grains.org/market_perspectives/market-perspectives-november-16-2017/9/

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