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USDA linseed meal board price per ton, national fob plant median, with its cost per unit of protein and energy
Data through Aug 17, 2026 · source last checked Aug 27, 2026 · page revised Aug 27, 2026
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About this data
- Source
- USDA AMS feedstuffs board
- Series
- Linseed meal board price
- Basis
- FOB plant preferred, national cross-region median
- Geography
- National
- Unit
- $/ton
- Calculation
- Weekly cross-region median
- Last observation
- Aug 17, 2026
- Update frequency
- Weekly
Now $242/ton (fob plant) as of Aug 17, 2026, USDA, down 3% on the week. Protein costs $0.353 per lb of crude protein (100% of soybean meal); energy $0.174 per lb of TDN (166% of corn).
Linseed meal is $242 a ton, down 3.3 percent on the week. On protein it prices at soybean meal parity at $0.353 per pound of crude protein. On energy it costs $0.174 per pound of TDN, or 166 percent of corn. The price sits 12.1 percent below the 4-year median.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | $242/ton | $250/ton | -3.3% |
| Month over month | $242/ton | $238/ton | +1.8% |
| Year over year | $242/ton | $213/ton | +13.7% |
| vs 4-yr median | $242/ton | $275/ton | -12.1% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 10, 2026
Linseed meal stands at $250 per ton, fob plant, up 5 percent on the week. It costs $0.365 per pound of crude protein, 107 percent of soybean meal, and $0.180 per pound of TDN, 181 percent of corn. Year over year the price is up 17.6 percent; against the four-year median it sits 14.2 percent lower.
An earlier week
Linseed meal held at $238 a ton, up 6.7% from a month ago and 11.8% from a year ago. On crude protein it prices at 102% of soybean meal. On energy it costs 172% of corn. Against a four-year median of $295, it trades 19.5% below that baseline.
An earlier week
Linseed meal is pricing at 96 percent of soybean meal on crude protein but 171 percent of corn on energy. The board price rose 6.7 percent this month to $238 per ton, fob plant. Year over year the price is up 1.1 percent, though it sits 18.8 percent below its four-year median.
About Linseed meal price
Linseed meal is a protein feed, fed to raise a ration's crude-protein content. On a dry-matter basis it runs about 38% crude protein and 77% TDN, roughly 0.79 Mcal of net energy for lactation per pound of dry matter, at about 90% dry matter as fed. Those figures come from Colorado State University Extension, Feed Composition for Cattle and Sheep (Fact Sheet 1.615). The leaderboard uses them to convert this week's board price into a cost per pound of protein and per pound of energy, so it can be ranked against corn and soybean meal. Prices are quoted per ton, and the cheapest board price is not the cheapest fed price once freight and moisture are counted (see the FOB-vs-delivered guide). Linseed meal is what remains after flaxseed is crushed for linseed oil, an industrial oil used in paints and varnishes as well as food and nutraceutical omega-3 markets, and it trades in a much thinner market than soybean or canola meal because US and Canadian flax acreage is a fraction of the size. North Dakota is the main US growing state, with Saskatchewan supplying most of the continent's flax. Horse owners have long favored linseed meal for its reputation of putting a shine on a coat, a niche demand that still shapes part of its market even though its protein quality is unremarkable next to soybean meal.