# Diesel average falls for fifth consecutive week, reports EIA - Logistics Management

> EIA reported the US national average diesel price fell 3.5 cents to $3.282/gallon, the fifth consecutive weekly decline totaling 11.2 cents. The average is 37 cents above a year earlier, and WTI traded at $56.76 per barrel.

- Date: 2018-11-20 · published 2018-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9535-diesel-average-falls-for-fifth-consecutive-week-reports-eia-logistics-management
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

Easing diesel costs reduce trucking and farm input expenses for feed buyers, though prices remain well above last year's levels.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: neutral
- DIESEL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2018-11-14 | [Diesel average declines for fourth consecutive week, EIA reports - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11330-diesel-average-declines-for-fourth-consecutive-week-eia-reports-logistics.md) | -3.6% | -10.3% |
| DIESEL | 2026-06-30 | [National diesel average declines for eighth consecutive week, reports EIA  - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19005-national-diesel-average-declines-for-eighth-consecutive-week-reports-eia.md) | +0.4% | +25.0% |
| DIESEL | 2025-05-28 | [National diesel average declines for seventh consecutive week, reports EIA - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24876-national-diesel-average-declines-for-seventh-consecutive-week-reports-eia.md) | +0.9% | +10.9% |
| DIESEL | 2019-08-06 | [Diesel average falls for the fourth straight week, reports EIA - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12329-diesel-average-falls-for-the-fourth-straight-week-reports-eia-logistics.md) | -1.6% | -1.8% |
| DIESEL | 2023-06-27 | [National diesel average falls, for the week of June 26, reports EIA - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35682-national-diesel-average-falls-for-the-week-of-june-26-reports-eia-logistics.md) | -2.5% | +13.0% |
| WTI | 2021-06-29 | [National diesel average heads up for ninth consecutive week, reports EIA - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46787-national-diesel-average-heads-up-for-ninth-consecutive-week-reports-eia.md) | +0.8% | -1.8% |
| WTI | 2022-11-01 | [National diesel average falls for the first time in four weeks, reports EIA - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7922-national-diesel-average-falls-for-the-first-time-in-four-weeks-reports-eia.md) | +6.1% | -9.8% |
| WTI | 2017-05-31 | [Diesel prices head up for first time in six weeks - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71179-diesel-prices-head-up-for-first-time-in-six-weeks-logistics-management.md) | -3.0% | -10.9% |

## Sources

- stage.logisticsmgmt.com: https://stage.logisticsmgmt.com/article/diesel_average_falls_for_fifth_consecutive_week_reports_eia

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