# Benchmark diesel price makes its biggest upward move since January - FreightWaves

> The US EIA weekly benchmark diesel price rose 10 cents to $3.571 per gallon, its largest weekly increase since January. ULSD futures had already climbed before the Israel-Iran military action, then rose further after strikes began.

- Date: 2025-06-17 · published 2025-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8384-benchmark-diesel-price-makes-its-biggest-upward-move-since-january-freightwaves
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher diesel benchmarks feed directly into fuel surcharges and trucking costs for feed ingredient delivery, while signaling firmer energy prices across the complex.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2025-11-18 | [Four straight weeks of increases in benchmark diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11483-four-straight-weeks-of-increases-in-benchmark-diesel-price-freightwaves.md) | -5.1% | -16.2% |
| DIESEL | 2026-04-07 | [Latest DOE/EIA diesel benchmark price increase adds almost 25 cts - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10462-latest-doe-eia-diesel-benchmark-price-increase-adds-almost-25-cts-freightwaves.md) | -12.0% | -6.4% |
| DIESEL | 2021-05-03 | [DOE/EIA diesel price up for the week, first time since March - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47280-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-the-week-first-time-since-march-freightwaves.md) | +4.8% | +6.4% |
| DIESEL | 2022-06-13 | [New DOE methodology yields small change in weekly benchmark diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41120-new-doe-methodology-yields-small-change-in-weekly-benchmark-diesel-price.md) | -0.4% | -16.1% |
| DIESEL | 2021-11-15 | [DOE/EIA diesel price up for 9th straight week - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11827-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-9th-straight-week-freightwaves.md) | -4.8% | -7.1% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/benchmark-diesel-price-makes-its-biggest-upward-move-since-january

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