Ingredients
Below normalRice bran price
USDA rice bran 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
- Rice bran 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 $138/ton (fob plant) as of Aug 17, 2026, USDA, down 2% on the week. Protein costs $0.519 per lb of crude protein (146% of soybean meal); energy $0.110 per lb of TDN (105% of corn).
Rice bran fell 2% on the week to $138 a ton fob plant. It sits 20.4% below its four-year median of $174. At $0.519 per pound of crude protein (146 percent of soybean meal) and $0.110 per pound of TDN (105 percent of corn), rice bran remains above both benchmarks on a nutrient basis.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | $138/ton | $141/ton | -2.1% |
| Month over month | $138/ton | $138/ton | 0.0% |
| Year over year | $138/ton | $138/ton | +0.6% |
| vs 4-yr median | $138/ton | $174/ton | -20.4% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 10, 2026
Rice bran held at $141 per ton on the week, 18.7 percent below its four-year median. Cost per pound of crude protein is 155 percent of soybean meal; cost per pound of TDN is 113 percent of corn. Year over year the price is up 3.7 percent.
An earlier week
Rice bran at $141 a ton sits well above benchmark on both nutrients, pricing 155 percent of soybean meal on protein and 113 percent of corn on energy. The week was flat. It sits 17.7 percent below the four-year median.
An earlier week
Rice bran is holding at $138 per ton, down just 0.3 percent on the week but 19.9 percent below its four-year median. The ingredient costs 143 percent of soybean meal on a crude-protein basis and 110 percent of corn on energy.
About Rice bran price
Rice bran is an energy feed, fed for its digestible energy. On a dry-matter basis it runs about 14.8% crude protein and 70% TDN, at about 90% dry matter as fed. Those figures come from University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension, Use of Commodity Feeds in Dairy Rations (FSA4013). Full-fat rice bran. NEl not tabulated by an NRC source (INRA-only) — energy ranked on TDN. 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). Rice bran is the oil-rich layer polished off brown rice on its way to becoming white rice, so supply ties to milling volume in the rice belt of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas and California. Left in its natural, full-fat state, the bran's own enzymes turn the oil rancid within days of milling, so buyers either feed it fast and fresh or pay for a heat-stabilized product with real shelf life. Some bran is diverted instead to rice bran oil extraction for cooking and nutraceutical markets, competing with feed for supply. Dairy, swine and aquaculture rations use it for energy, though its fat, like hominy's, can soften pork fat if overfed.