Regions
California (Central Coast) feed prices
USDA feedstuffs board prices for California (Central Coast), by ingredient and basis
Data through Aug 17, 2026 · source last checked Aug 27, 2026 · page revised Aug 27, 2026
Cite
- Yellow grease
About this data
- Source
- USDA AMS feedstuffs board
- Series
- Feedstuff board prices by ingredient
- Basis
- FOB plant and delivered, as-fed
- Geography
- California (Central Coast)
- Unit
- ¢/lb
- Calculation
- Weekly
- Last observation
- Aug 17, 2026
- Update frequency
- Weekly
1 ingredients quoted in California (Central Coast) as of Aug 17, 2026, up 0% on the week. USDA feedstuffs board.
Yellow grease held at 67.0¢/lb, FOB plant, on the week through Aug 17, 2026. The range was 66.00 to 68.0¢/lb.
| Ingredient | Price | Range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow grease | 67.0¢/lb | 66.00-68.0¢/lb | FOB plant |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 10, 2026
Yellow grease rose 4% on the week to 67.0¢/lb FOB plant, ranging 66.00¢ to 68.0¢/lb, per the USDA feedstuffs board through Aug 10.
An earlier week
Yellow grease held at 64.5 cents per pound FOB plant, unchanged on the week.
An earlier week
Yellow grease rose to 64.5 ¢/lb FOB plant, up 2 percent on the week. The weekly range was 63.50 to 65.5 ¢/lb.
About California (Central Coast) feed prices
This page lists every feedstuff USDA quotes for the California (Central Coast) trade region, cheapest first, with each price's FOB-vs-delivered basis. Compare an ingredient's cost per unit of protein or energy on the leaderboard before reading across regions: the cheapest board price is not the cheapest fed price.
What California (Central Coast) prices. USDA's feedstuffs board carries 1 feedstuff for this region: Yellow grease. Every quote here is FOB at the plant, so the freight to a mill or a farm sits outside the number and has to be added before comparing against a delivered market.
Why a regional price differs from the national one. A feed ingredient's price at any point is the plant price where it was made plus the cost of getting it to where it is used, so the gap between two regions is mostly a freight story. Regions with processing capacity inside them tend to quote below the national reference because the ton has not travelled; regions that consume more than they produce quote above it by roughly the haul. That difference is the basis, and it widens when trucks tighten, when fuel runs up, or when a local demand source outbids the freight-out market for the same tons. It moves for reasons that have nothing to do with the ingredient itself, which is why a regional quote can rise in a week when the national board is flat.
This market. The Central Coast is a smaller, demand-only market with no local processing behind it.
Common questions
What feed ingredients does USDA price in California (Central Coast)?
1 feedstuff on the current board: Yellow grease. The table above carries each one's price, USDA's published range and whether the quote is FOB at the plant or delivered. Which ingredients appear changes as trades are confirmed, so a feedstuff missing this week is usually a thin market rather than a gap in the reporting.
Why are California (Central Coast) feed prices different from the national price?
Freight, mostly. A feed ingredient costs the plant price plus the cost of moving it to where it is fed, so a region with processing inside it quotes below the national reference and a region that consumes more than it produces quotes above it by roughly the haul. That gap is the basis, and it moves on trucking capacity, fuel and local demand rather than on anything about the ingredient.
Does the cheapest price on this board mean the cheapest feed?
No, for two reasons. The rows are not all on the same basis, so an FOB plant price and a delivered price are different numbers before freight is settled. And a price per ton says nothing about what the ton delivers: the comparison that matters is cost per unit of protein or energy, which is what the nutrient-cost leaderboard computes across the whole feedstuffs menu.