# Small drop recorded in DOE/EIA diesel price amid volatile market - FreightWaves

> The DOE/EIA weekly retail diesel price fell 0.04 cents to $3.72 a gallon, the second straight weekly decline. Wholesale ULSD on the CME was volatile, dropping nearly 29 cents to $2.0945 after the Thanksgiving break, and was still about 44 cents below its October 20 high of $2.5923.

- Date: 2021-11-29 · published 2021-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7524-small-drop-recorded-in-doe-eia-diesel-price-amid-volatile-market-freightwaves
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Retail diesel lags wholesale futures, so the wholesale ULSD decline of more than 40 cents since October points to lower freight and fuel costs for feed delivery in coming weeks.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2021-11-26 | 1 | -6.2% | -4.5 | It confirms the roughly 29-cent wholesale ULSD drop after Thanksgiving amid volatility, but it is a later summary and adds little causal information. |
| DIESEL | 2021-12-01 | 5 | -13.2% | -4.2 | It confirms the roughly 29-cent wholesale ULSD drop and puts it against the October high, but it is mostly a recap. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2021-12-06 | [Drop in benchmark DOE/EIA diesel price largest since pandemic’s early days - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43801-drop-in-benchmark-doe-eia-diesel-price-largest-since-pandemic-s-early-days.md) | +7.5% | +12.5% |
| DIESEL | 2021-12-13 | [4th consecutive decline posted in DOE/EIA diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43800-4th-consecutive-decline-posted-in-doe-eia-diesel-price-freightwaves.md) | -1.5% | +10.7% |
| DIESEL | 2021-12-20 | [DOE/EIA benchmark diesel price now down 5 straight weeks - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43798-doe-eia-benchmark-diesel-price-now-down-5-straight-weeks-freightwaves.md) | +6.1% | +21.1% |
| DIESEL | 2025-05-28 | [Retail diesel benchmark price resumes downward momentum - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24873-retail-diesel-benchmark-price-resumes-downward-momentum-freightwaves.md) | +0.9% | +10.9% |
| DIESEL | 2026-04-14 | [Benchmark diesel price ends its 12-week streak of increases - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10137-benchmark-diesel-price-ends-its-12-week-streak-of-increases-freightwaves.md) | -7.0% | +4.5% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/small-drop-recorded-in-doe-eia-diesel-price-amid-volatile-market

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