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DIESELCOST

EIA Weekly On-Highway Diesel Survey - week of October 26, 2026

Diesel cost per gallon in South Dakota

$6.48/GAL
+0.13 vs US average ($6.35)EIA Midwest (PADD 2)District #5 of 9

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Read this as a district figure, not a state figure. The EIA weekly on-highway diesel survey prices the United States, its districts and California, and nothing else. It does not price South Dakota. The number above is Midwest (PADD 2), series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_R20_DPG, and it is the closest published federal figure for South Dakota. We do not estimate a price for South Dakota from it. 4 of South Dakota's neighbouring states sit in the same district and therefore show the same price below.

EIA does not publish a weekly on-highway diesel price for South Dakota. The federal survey prices the district South Dakota sits in, Midwest (PADD 2), at $6.480 per gallon in the week of October 26, 2026 (series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_R20_DPG), $0.13 above the US average of $6.352. Pump prices inside the district vary around that figure.

Diesel tax breakdown

Fuel excise tax, undyed diesel28.0c/gal
Tank inspection fee2.0c/gal
South Dakota state taxes and fees30.0c/gal
Federal diesel excise tax24.4c/gal
Total per-gallon tax54.4c/gal
As a share of the price above8%

Interstate trucks (IFTA): 28.0c a gallon for October to December 2026.

28c since 1 April 2015.

Checked 22 October 2026 against South Dakota DOR, Motor Fuel. Local and county taxes are not included. The percentage is against the EIA figure shown above, which is a district figure unless South Dakota is surveyed directly.

Neighbouring states

North Dakota
same district$6.48
Minnesota
same district$6.48
Iowa
same district$6.48
Nebraska
same district$6.48
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)$6.52
Montana
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)$6.52

Neighbours in the same EIA district carry the same published figure. A matching price here means the federal survey shows no measured gap across that border, not that pumps are identical.

Off-road (dyed) diesel in South Dakota

Red-dyed diesel is the same fuel as clear diesel, sold without highway fuel taxes for uses off the public road. How South Dakota treats it, checked 25 October 2026. Rules for every state are on the off-road diesel guide.

Temporary relief, 6 October 2026 to 31 December 2026: The Governor told inspectors to focus on safety rather than dye while the federal suspension lasts. The Department of Revenue says only farmers with an exemption certificate should use dyed diesel on the road, and others still owe state and local taxes. (Governor's direction to inspectors, October 2026; reported in the news, the order text was not found on an official site). Source
Federal: dyed diesel skips the federal diesel tax except 0.1c. IRS news release IR-2026-122 (14 October 2026) waives federal penalties for highway use of dyed diesel from 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026; state rules below still apply.
52.3ca gallon of per-gallon tax skipped: 24.3c federal and 28.0c South Dakota taxes and fees, though sales tax may apply instead (below).
South Dakota fuel tax on dyed diesel
Dyed diesel is exempt from South Dakota's 28c fuel tax, unless it is used in self-propelled highway construction or repair machinery within the right-of-way.
Sales tax
4.2% state sales tax plus municipal tax applies unless the fuel is sold for agricultural use. Farmers pay neither fuel tax nor sales tax; contractors pay sales tax.
Per-gallon charges dyed diesel still pays
Tank inspection fee: 2.0c
Who may use it
Off-road vehicles and equipment; highway construction equipment in the right-of-way is taxed.
Penalty for highway use
$250 civil penalty, or $500 in a qualified vehicle; repeat offences $500 or $1,000. Not paying within 90 days is a misdemeanor.
Roadside testing
Inspectors check tanks for dye.
Buying it
Anyone may fill off-road equipment at a dyed pump.

Sources: South Dakota Codified Laws 10-47B-19 and 10-47B-185; South Dakota DOR, Motor Fuel. This is a summary, not legal or tax advice.

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Sources: price from the EIA Weekly On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price survey, week of October 26, 2026, series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_R20_DPG, a U.S. Government work in the public domain. EIA publishes no diesel price for 49 of the 50 states on this site, California being the exception; those pages show the EIA district figure and say so. State taxes checked against each state's revenue department or statute on 22 October 2026 (sources in the tax breakdown above). Actual pump prices vary by retailer and location.
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