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 Oct 6, 2026 · updated Oct 15, 2026
Latest issue · Oct 13, 2026
Brent Crude at $125.44/bbl, Up 10% on the Week
The DOE diesel index is $6.199/gal for the week of Oct 5, down 18.3 cents. At the stated 6.5 mpg reference, that is 95.4 cents a mile. Brent crude jumped 10.1% on the week to $125.44/bbl, 53% above the five-year median.
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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.
9 pagesSpot
Daily ULSD spot at the Gulf Coast and New York Harbor, the wholesale layer under the pump, with the pump price over spot.
1 pageCrude oil
The pump price against WTI and Brent crude, the upstream cost behind roughly half of it.
1 pageCost per mile
The DOE number translated to fuel cost per mile at a stated 6.5 mpg reference.
1 pageCurrent price
The current US average diesel price in one sentence: the number, the move and what drives it.
1 pagePrice history
Every weekly DOE diesel price since 1994, by year and by region, with records and a CSV.
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