The DOE number, read plainly
The Monday diesel number for people who get paid by the mile.
EIA's Monday on-highway diesel price is the most widely used public benchmark for US trucking fuel surcharges. We publish it with the context that matters per mile: regional spreads, the pump-over-spot gap, and cost per mile at a stated 6.5 mpg reference. One brief a week. No forecasts, no buy signals.
Data through Aug 31, 2026 · updated Sep 1, 2026
Latest issue · Sep 1, 2026
DOE Diesel Eases 5.3 Cents to $5.599, Brent Crude Off 7%
DOE diesel fell 5.3 cents to $5.599/gal for the week of Aug. 31, per EIA's on-highway diesel survey. At the stated 6.5 mpg reference, that is 86.1 cents a mile. Brent crude posted the week's biggest drop, off 7.4%.
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The DOE number
EIA's Monday-priced on-highway diesel number, the benchmark most fuel surcharges peg to.
1 pageRegions
On-highway diesel by PADD, East Coast subregion and California, week over week.
10 pagesSpot
Daily ULSD spot at New York Harbor and the Gulf Coast, the wholesale layer under the pump.
2 pagesCrude oil
Daily WTI and Brent crude spot, the upstream cost that drives roughly half the pump price.
3 pagesSpreads
Each region's pump price minus the US average, in cents per gallon, plus West vs Gulf.
11 pagesPump vs spot
Retail minus the nearest-business-day ULSD spot, the pump-over-wholesale proxy (includes taxes).
2 pagesCost per mile
The DOE number translated to fuel cost per mile at a stated 6.5 mpg reference.
1 pageWhy prices are moving
Why the DOE number is rising or falling right now, updated every week the data moves.
2 pagesCurrent price
The current US average diesel price in one sentence: the number, the move and what drives it.
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