# Wheat Middlings Rally Broadens to Four Markets, Kansas at $272/Ton _Sep 24, 2026_ > Wheat middlings climbed 11 to 23% on the week across four markets, Kansas FOB plant at $272/ton. Sunflower meal leads protein at 69% of soybean meal cost per pound of crude protein. _Numbers as of Sep 24, 2026 pull._ Wheat middlings posted broad weekly gains across four USDA-reported markets. Minnesota led with a **+23% week-over-week** gain to **$167/ton** FOB plant, while Kansas hit **$272/ton** FOB plant, up 15% on the week and **104% above its three-year median** per USDA. Kansas City added 14% to **$202/ton** FOB plant and St. Louis gained 11% to **$200/ton** FOB plant, the former **50%** and the latter **38%** above their respective four-year medians per USDA. [Chart: Wheat middlings price ($/ton, as-fed)](https://the-ration.com/ingredient/wheat-middlings) ([data](https://the-ration.com/ingredient/wheat-middlings.md) — chart image: https://the-ration.com/charts/issues/feed/2026-09-24/ingredient/wheat-middlings.png) - **Protein board (dry-matter basis):** Sunflower meal at **$0.275/lb crude protein** (**69% of soybean meal**, the lowest reading in the recent run) and feather meal at **$0.281/lb** (71% of soybean meal), per USDA feedstuffs prices and book-value nutrient coefficients. - **Energy board (dry-matter basis):** Hominy feed leads at **$0.076/lb TDN** (**65% of corn**), wheat millrun at **$0.113/lb** (98% of corn) and soybean hulls at **$0.114/lb** (98% of corn), per USDA and book-value TDN coefficients. - **DDGS, ~$188/ton:** Energy at **103% of corn** and protein at **89% of soybean meal** on a cost-per-unit-of-nutrient, dry-matter basis per USDA. - **Blood meal:** Central US up **7% week over week** to **$1,573/ton** FOB plant (54% above its four-year median) and Minnesota flat at **$1,483/ton** FOB plant (53% above its four-year median), both per USDA. - **Benchmarks:** Corn at ~**$179/ton** (plant input cost, ~$5.01/bu) and soybean meal at ~**$379/ton** FOB, both flat on the week per USDA. Corn is **12% above its four-year median**. - **Safflower meal, California (San Joaquin Valley):** **$165/ton** FOB plant, flat on the week and **37% below its four-year median** per USDA. Priced but not scored on the nutrient leaderboard. Forty-seven series, including specific alfalfa pellet and almond hull series, have not updated in over two weeks and should be treated as stale. --- Canonical URL: https://the-ration.com/issues/2026-09-24