10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
	For the quarterly period ended	July 31, 2017
	OR
o	Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
	For the transition period from               to               .
	COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 000-51177

GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Iowa	02-0575361
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1822 43rd Street SW, Mason City, Iowa 50401
(Address of principal executive offices)
(641) 423-8525
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

x Yes     o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

x Yes     o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large Accelerated Filer o	Accelerated Filer  o
Non-Accelerated Filer x	Smaller Reporting Company o
	Emerging Growth Company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

o Yes     x No

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 

As of September 14, 2017, there were 18,953,000 Class A membership units outstanding and 920,000 Class B membership units outstanding.

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INDEX

	Page Number
PART I	3
Item 1. Financial Statements	3
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	15
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	22
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	23
PART II	23
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	23
Item 1A. Risk Factors	23
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	24
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	24
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	24
Item 5. Other Information	24
Item 6. Exhibits	24
SIGNATURES	26

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PART I    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Balance Sheets

ASSETS	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
	(Unaudited)
Current Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	8,090,072	$	16,532,190
Marketable securities	20,247,381		15,785,542
Accounts receivable	7,094,171		6,202,104
Other receivables	665,453		568,940
Derivative instruments	980,449		514,878
Inventory	5,119,798		6,905,684
Prepaid expenses and other	2,423,729		1,589,075
Total current assets	44,621,053		48,098,413
Property and Equipment
Land and land improvements	12,962,015		12,961,713
Building and grounds	28,617,796		28,305,386
Grain handling equipment	15,833,823		15,833,823
Office equipment	213,207		220,527
Plant and process equipment	102,843,784		95,681,018
Construction in progress	1,616,189		4,580,801
	162,086,814		157,583,268
Less accumulated depreciation	97,743,660		90,896,301
Net property and equipment	64,343,154		66,686,967
Other Assets
Investments	23,960,604		24,474,860
Other assets	1,368,174		1,503,666
Total other assets	25,328,778		25,978,526
Total Assets	$	134,292,985	$	140,763,906

Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these Statements.

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Balance Sheets

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
	(Unaudited)
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	6,489,374	$	7,660,157
Accrued expenses	1,469,411		1,413,127
Other current liabilities	106,306		163,884
Total current liabilities	8,065,091		9,237,168
Long-term Liabilities
Deferred compensation	420,538		355,623
Deferred revenue, net of current portion	28,108		93,443
Total long-term liabilities	448,646		449,066
Commitments and Contingencies
Members' Equity (19,873,000 units issued and outstanding)	125,779,248		131,077,672
Total Liabilities and Members’ Equity	$	134,292,985	$	140,763,906

Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these Statements.

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended			Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	July 31, 2017			July 31, 2016			July 31, 2017			July 31, 2016
Revenues	$	49,760,291		$	48,641,969		$	156,784,396		$	148,934,083
Cost of Goods Sold	46,034,429			41,658,299			140,214,791			138,375,585
Gross Profit	3,725,862			6,983,670			16,569,605			10,558,498
Operating Expenses	1,042,348			648,383			2,884,924			2,544,110
Operating Income	2,683,514			6,335,287			13,684,681			8,014,388
Other Income (Expense)
Other income	173,407			187,296			279,850			477,280
Interest income (expense)	(13,080		)	(6,626		)	(13,101		)	(7,706		)
Equity in net income of investments	996,733			1,830,948			5,591,396			5,684,572
Total Other Income	1,157,060			2,011,618			5,858,145			6,154,146
Net Income	$	3,840,574		$	8,346,905		$	19,542,826		$	14,168,534
Basic & diluted net income per unit	$	0.19		$	0.42		$	0.98		$	0.71
Weighted average units outstanding for the calculation of basic & diluted net income per unit	19,873,000			19,873,000			19,873,000			19,873,000
Distributions Per Unit	$	0.50		$	0.25		$	1.25		$	0.95

Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these Statements.

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	July 31, 2017			July 31, 2016
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income	$	19,542,826		$	14,168,534
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	6,907,938			6,509,582
Unrealized loss on risk management & marketable securities	(927,410		)	(820,484		)
Amortization of deferred revenue	(122,913		)	(82,794		)
Change in accretion of interest on grant & note receivable	(40,013		)	(46,927		)
Distributions in excess of earnings from investments	514,256			2,327,332
Gain on insurance proceeds from involuntary conversion	(489,852		)	—
Deferred compensation expense	64,915			25,454
Change in assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable	(892,067		)	(2,764,049		)
Inventory	1,785,886			(16,407		)
Prepaid expenses and other	(931,167		)	(843,185		)
Accounts payable	(618,092		)	(443,354		)
Accrued expenses	56,284			(272,345		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	24,850,591			17,741,357
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	(5,184,469		)	(10,532,948		)
Insurance proceeds from involuntary conversion	648,752			—
Purchase of marketable securities	(6,750,000		)	(12,250,000		)
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities	2,750,000			10,500,000
Net cash (used in) investing activities	(8,535,717		)	(12,282,948		)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Refund on utility right costs	—			—
Distributions to members	(24,841,250		)	(18,879,350		)
Payments received on grant receivable	84,258			—
Net cash (used in) financing activities	(24,756,992		)	(18,879,350		)
Net (Decrease) in Cash and Equivalents	(8,442,118		)	(13,420,941		)
Cash and Equivalents – Beginning of Period	16,532,190			21,084,029
Cash and Equivalents – End of Period	$	8,090,072		$	7,663,088
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for interest	$	38,296		$	33,023
Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Operating, Investing & Financing Activities
Accounts payable related to construction in progress	$	—		$	675,342
Distributions declared and unpaid by equity method investee	—			852,576

Notes to the Financial Statements are an integral part of these Statements.

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2017

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and notes disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted as permitted by such rules and regulations. These financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2016, contained in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for 2016.

In the opinion of management, the interim condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation. The adjustments made to these statements consist only of normal recurring adjustments.

Nature of Business

Golden Grain Energy, LLC ("Golden Grain Energy" and "the Company") is an approximately 120 million gallon annual production ethanol plant near Mason City, Iowa. The Company sells its production of ethanol, distiller grains with solubles and corn oil primarily in the continental United States. The Company also holds several investments in various companies that focus on ethanol production, marketing and/or logistics.

Organization

Golden Grain Energy is organized as an Iowa limited liability company.  The members' liability is limited as specified in Golden Grain Energy's operating agreement and pursuant to the Iowa Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. 

Accounting Estimates

Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing these financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Those estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Equivalents

The Company's cash balances are maintained in bank depositories and regularly exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in connection with these balances. Also included in cash and equivalents are highly liquid investments, that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash, which are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value due to interest rate, quoted price or penalty on withdrawal and have a maturity of three months or less.

Marketable Securities

The Company determines the appropriate classification of its investments in debt and equity securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such determinations at each balance sheet date. Debt securities are classified as held to maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Held-to-maturity securities are recorded as either short term or long term on the Balance Sheet, based on contractual maturity date and are stated at cost. Marketable securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term are classified as trading securities and are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses recognized in earnings.

Marketable securities consist of certificates of deposits with original maturities of greater than three months and mutual funds. Certificates of deposit are considered held-to-maturity securities, which are measured at cost. Mutual funds are considered trading securities which are measured at fair value using prices obtained from pricing services. Any unrealized or realized gains and losses on the trading securities are recorded as part of other income.

Marketable securities consisted of mutual funds invested in intermediate-term municipal and government bonds and certificates of deposit all with maturities of less than one year. For the periods ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, there was no other-than-temporary impairment recognized. The Company recorded interest, dividends and net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from these investments as part of other income as follows:

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2017

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Net earnings on marketable securities	$	28,000	$	187,000	$	134,000	$	390,000
	Marketable Securities
As of	Cost		Fair Market Value		Certificates of Deposit
July 31, 2017	$	18,562,000	$	18,496,000	$	1,750,000
October 31, 2016	$	12,967,000	$	13,036,000	$	2,750,000

Accounts Receivable

Credit sales are made primarily to one customer and no collateral is required. The Company carries these accounts receivable at original invoice amount with no allowance for doubtful accounts due to the historical collection rates on these accounts.

Investments

The Company has less than a 20% investment interest in five companies in related industries. These investments are being accounted for by the equity method of accounting under which the Company's share of net income is recognized as income in the Company's statement of operations and added to the investment account. Distributions or dividends received from the investments are treated as a reduction of the investment account. Distributions or dividends received in excess of the carrying value are recognized as income in the statement of operations. The investments are evaluated for indications of impairment on a regular basis. A loss would be recognized when the fair value is determined to be less than the carrying value.

The fiscal years of Renewable Products Marketing Group, LLC (RPMG) and Guardian Energy Janesville, LLC end on September 30 and the fiscal years of Absolute Energy, LLC, Homeland Energy Solutions, LLC and Lawrenceville Tank, LLC, end on December 31. The Company consistently follows the practice of recognizing the net income based on the most recent reliable data. Therefore, the net income which is reported in the Company's statement of operations for the period ended July 31, 2017, for all companies, is based on the investee's results for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017.

Note Receivable

The Company has a note receivable from an unrelated party. The Company carries the note at original face value plus accrued interest which is equal to 6% as of July 31, 2017 and is compounded monthly. The note commenced in December 2014 with a face value of $510,000 and has a maturity of 5 years. Annual payments are to begin in September 2018. Balance of the note receivable, including accrued interest, as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016 was approximately $592,000 and $566,000, respectively.

Revenue and Cost Recognition

Revenue from the sale of the Company's products is recognized at the time title to the goods and all risks of ownership transfer to the customers.  This generally occurs upon shipment, loading of the goods or when the customer picks up the goods. Collectability of revenue is reasonably assured based on historical evidence of collectability between the Company and its customers. Interest income is recognized as earned.

Shipping costs incurred by the Company in the sale of ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil are not specifically identifiable and as a result, revenue from the sale of ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil are recorded based on the net selling price reported to the Company from its marketer. Railcar lease costs incurred by the Company in the sale and shipment of distiller grain products are included in cost of goods sold.

Inventory

Inventories are generally valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value.  In the valuation of inventories and purchase commitments, net realizable value is defined as estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less reasonable predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation.

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2017

Property & Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at historical cost. Significant additions and betterments are capitalized, while expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations when incurred. The Company uses the straight-line method of computing depreciation over the estimated useful lives between 3 and 40 years.

The Company reviews its property and equipment for impairment whenever events indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset group to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by an asset group to the carrying value of the asset group. If the carrying value of the asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

Investment in commodities contracts, derivative instruments and hedging activities

The Company evaluates its contracts to determine whether the contracts are derivative instruments. Certain contracts that meet the definition of a derivative may be exempted from derivative accounting and treated as normal purchases or normal sales if documented as such. Normal purchases and normal sales are contracts that provide for the purchase or sale of something other than a financial instrument or derivative instrument that will be delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold over a reasonable period in the normal course of business.

The Company enters into short-term cash, option and futures contracts as a means of securing corn and natural gas for the ethanol plant and managing exposure to changes in commodity and energy prices. The Company occasionally also enters into derivative contracts to hedge its exposure to price risk as it relates to ethanol sales. As part of its risk management process, the Company uses futures and option contracts through regulated commodity exchanges or through the over-the-counter market to manage its risk related to pricing of inventories. All of the Company's derivatives, other than those excluded under the normal purchases and sales exclusion, are designated as non-hedge derivatives, with changes in fair value recognized in net income. Although the contracts are economic hedges of specified risks, they are not designated or accounted for as hedging instruments.

Realized and unrealized gains and losses related to derivative contracts related to corn and natural gas are included as a component of cost of goods sold and derivative contracts related to ethanol are included as a component of revenues in the accompanying financial statements. The fair values of contracts are presented on the accompanying balance sheet as derivative instruments net of cash due from/to broker.

Net income per unit

Basic and diluted earnings per unit are computed using the weighted-average number of Class A and B units outstanding during the period.

Fair Value

Financial instruments include cash and equivalents, marketable securities, receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and derivative instruments. The fair value of marketable securities and derivative financial instruments is based on quoted market prices, as disclosed in Note 7. The fair value, determined using level 3 inputs, of all other current financial instruments is estimated to approximate carrying value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company has certain risks and uncertainties that it will experience during volatile market conditions, which can have a severe impact on operations. The Company's revenues are derived from the sale and distribution of ethanol and distiller grains to customers primarily located in the United States. Corn for the production process is supplied to the plant primarily from local agricultural producers and from purchases on the open market. For the three months ended July 31, 2017, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 84% of total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 11% of total revenue and corn oil sales accounted for approximately 5% of total revenue while corn costs averaged approximately 74% of cost of goods sold. For the nine months ended July 31, 2017, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 84% of total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 12% of total revenues and corn oil sales account of approximately 4% of total revenue while corn costs averaged approximately 76% of cost of goods sold.

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2017

The Company's operating and financial performance is largely driven by the prices at which ethanol is sold and the net expense of corn. The price of ethanol is influenced by factors such as supply and demand, weather, government policies and programs, and unleaded gasoline and the petroleum markets with ethanol selling, in general, for less than gasoline at the wholesale level. Excess ethanol supply in the market, in particular, puts downward pressure on the price of ethanol. The Company's largest cost of production is corn. The cost of corn is generally impacted by factors such as supply and demand, weather, and government policies and programs. The Company's risk management program is used to protect against the price volatility of these commodities.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09,"Revenue from Contracts with Customers". The ASU supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in "Accounting Standard Codification 605 - Revenue Recognition" and most industry-specific guidance. The standard requires that entities recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which a company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and for interim periods within that fiscal year. Although early application as of the original date is permitted, we expect to adopt ASU No. 2014-09 and the related ASUs during our fiscal year beginning November 1, 2018. We are evaluating the effect this guidance will have on our financial statements, including potential impacts on the timing of revenue recognition and additional information that may be necessary for expanded disclosures regarding revenue beginning in our 2019 fiscal year.

2.    INVENTORY

Inventory consisted of the following as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016:

	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
Raw Materials	$	2,662,854	$	3,808,935
Work in Process	1,202,667		1,170,767
Finished Goods	1,254,277		1,925,982
Totals	$	5,119,798	$	6,905,684

3.    BANK FINANCING

The Company has entered into a master loan agreement with Farm Credit Services of America (FLCA) which includes revolving loans with original maximum borrowings of $35 million, which currently has availability of $10 million and matures on February 1, 2020. Interest on the term loan is payable monthly at 3.15% above the one-month LIBOR (4.38% as of July 31, 2017). The borrowings are secured by substantially all the assets of the Company. The credit agreements are subject to covenants, requiring the Company to maintain various financial ratios, as well as certain distribution limitations. As of July 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all of the loan covenants. Failure to comply with the protective loan covenants or maintain the required financial ratios may cause acceleration of any outstanding principal balances on the loans and/or imposition of fees and penalties. As of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, the Company had no borrowings outstanding.

4.    RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company purchased corn and materials from members of its Board of Directors or Risk Management Committee that own or manage elevators. The Company also purchased ingredients from RPMG. Purchases from the related parties during the three and nine months ended July 31, 2017 totaled approximately $5,611,000 and $24,991,000, respectively. Purchases during the three and nine months ended July 31, 2016 totaled approximately $7,510,000 and $55,312,000, respectively. As of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, the amount owed to related parties was approximately $364,000 and $518,000, respectively (See Note 5).

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2017

5.    COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AGREEMENTS AND RELATED PARTY

Ethanol, Distiller Grains and Corn Oil marketing agreements and major customers

The Company has entered into marketing agreements with a marketing company, in which the Company has an investment, for the exclusive rights to market, sell and distribute the entire ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil inventory produced by the Company. The marketing fees are presented net in revenues.

Approximate sales and marketing fees related to the agreements in place are as follows:

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Sales ethanol, distiller grains & corn oil	$	49,892,000	$	48,808,000	$	157,132,000	$	149,319,000
Marketing fees	132,000		115,000		379,000		334,000
As of	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
Amount due from RPMG	$	7,093,000	$	6,202,000

6.    RISK MANAGEMENT

The Company's activities expose it to a variety of market risks, including the effects of changes in commodity prices. These financial exposures are monitored and managed by the Company as an integral part of its overall risk-management program. The Company's risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial and commodities markets and seeks to reduce the potentially adverse effects that the volatility of these markets may have on its operating results.

To reduce price risk caused by market fluctuations, the Company generally follows a policy of using exchange traded futures contracts to reduce its net position of merchandisable agricultural commodity inventories and forward cash purchase and sales contracts and uses exchange traded futures contracts to reduce price risk. Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at market price. Changes in market price of contracts related to corn and natural gas are recorded in cost of goods sold and changes in market prices of contracts related to sale of ethanol are recorded in revenues.

The following table represents the approximate amount of realized and unrealized gains (losses) and changes in fair value recognized in earnings on commodity contracts for periods ended July 31, 2017 and 2016 and the fair value of derivatives as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016:

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2017

	Income Statement Classification	Realized Gain (Loss)			Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss)		Total Gain (Loss)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	—		$	—	$	—
three months ended July 31, 2017	Cost of Goods Sold	(307,000		)	268,000		(39,000		)
	Total	$	(307,000	)	$	268,000	$	(39,000	)
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(50,000	)	$	—	$	(50,000	)
three months ended July 31, 2016	Cost of Goods Sold	586,000			3,348,000		3,934,000
	Total	$	536,000		$	3,348,000	$	3,884,000
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(1,000	)	$	32,000	$	31,000
nine months ended July 31, 2017	Cost of Goods Sold	(103,000		)	466,000		363,000
	Total	$	(104,000	)	$	498,000	$	394,000
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(50,000	)	$	—	$	(50,000	)
nine months ended July 31, 2016	Cost of Goods Sold	1,410,000			3,179,000		4,589,000
	Total	$	1,360,000		$	3,179,000	$	4,539,000

	Balance Sheet Classification	July 31, 2017			October 31, 2016
Futures and option contracts through July 2018
In gain position		$	437,000		$	157,000
In loss position		(4,000		)	(222,000		)
Cash held by broker		547,000			580,000
	Current Asset	$	980,000		$	515,000

As of July 31, 2017, the Company had the following approximate outstanding purchase and sale commitments, of which approximately $5,487,000 of the purchase commitments were with related parties.

	Commitments Through	Amount
Sale commitments
Corn Oil - fixed price	August 2018	$	1,076,000
Distiller Grains - fixed price	September 2018	2,021,000
Purchase commitments
Corn - fixed price	July 2018	$	10,058,000
Corn - basis contract	July 2018	22,849,000

As of July 31, 2017, the Company has fixed price futures and forward contracts in place for approximately 18% of our anticipated corn needs, 2% of our natural gas needs and none of our ethanol sales for the next 12 months with no open positions beyond that period.

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2017

7.    FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

Level 1: Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in active markets from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in less active dealer or broker markets. Valuations are obtained from third-party pricing services for identical or similar assets or liabilities.

Level 3: Valuations incorporate certain assumptions and projections in determining the fair value assigned to such assets or liabilities.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, including the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below.

Marketable Securities: The Company's investments in short-term liquid investments (e.g. mutual funds), are classified within Level 1, carried at fair value based on the quoted market prices.

Derivative financial instruments: Commodity futures and exchange-traded commodity options contracts are reported at fair value utilizing Level 1 inputs. For these contracts, the Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service. The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes and live trading levels from markets such as the CME and NYMEX.  Crush swaps are bundled contracts or combined contracts that include a portion of corn, ethanol and natural gas rolled into a single trading instrument. These contracts are reported at fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs and are based on the various trading activity of the components of each segment of the bundled contract.

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GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2017

The following table summarizes financial assets and financial liabilities measured at the approximate fair value on a recurring basis, segregated by the level of the valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value:

	Total			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3
Marketable securities:
Assets, July 31, 2017	$	18,496,000		$	18,496,000		$	—		$	—
Assets, October 31, 2016	13,036,000			13,036,000			—			—
Derivative financial instruments:
July 31, 2017
Assets	$	437,000		$	437,000		$	—		$	—
Liabilities	(4,000		)	—			(4,000		)	—
October 31, 2016
Assets	$	157,000		$	61,000		$	96,000		$	—
Liabilities	(222,000		)	(163,000		)	(59,000		)	—

8. INVESTMENTS

Condensed, combined unaudited financial information of the Company’s investments in Absolute Energy, Homeland Energy Solutions, Guardian Energy, Lawrenceville Tank and RPMG is as follows (in 000’s):

Balance Sheet	June 30, 2017		September 30, 2016
Current Assets	$	299,719	$	313,541
Other Assets	270,634		246,702
Current Liabilities	198,148		175,588
Long-term Debt	81,918		55,726
Members’ Equity	290,287		328,928
	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
Income Statement	2017		2016		2017		2016
Revenue	$	191,493	$	186,458	$	570,217	$	548,210
Gross Profit	21,127		25,377		76,509		61,465
Net Income	17,628		20,824		68,602		48,876

The Company recorded equity in net income of approximately (in 000's):

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
Equity in Net Income	2017		2016		2017		2016
Absolute Energy	$	437	$	223	$	1,728	$	1,046
Guardian Energy	—		853		1,652		3,074
Homeland Energy Solutions	503		697		1,996		1,314
Other	57		58		215		251
Total	$	997	$	1,831	$	5,591	$	5,685

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements that involve future events, our future performance and our expected future operations and actions.  In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "will," "should," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "plan," "future," "intend," "could," "estimate," "predict," "hope," "potential," "continue," or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions.  These forward-looking statements are only our predictions and involve numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to those listed below and those business risks and factors described elsewhere in this report and our other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. 

• The impact of the Chinese distiller grains and ethanol tariffs have on ethanol and distiller grains prices in the United States;

• The impact lower gasoline prices have on the market price of ethanol and our ability to profitably operate the ethanol plant;

• Changes in the availability and price of corn and natural gas;

• Any elimination or reduction of the renewable fuels use requirements under the RFS;

• Our ability to transport our finished goods in order to continue to operate our ethanol plant at capacity;

• Our ability to profitably operate the ethanol plant, including the sale of distiller grains and corn oil, and maintain a positive spread between the selling price of our products and our raw material costs;

• The ability of the ethanol industry to generate additional demand through higher level blends of ethanol, including E15 and E85;

• The effect our hedging activities have on our financial performance and cash flows;

• Ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil supply exceeding demand and corresponding price reductions;

• Our ability to generate free cash flow to invest in our business, service our debt and satisfy the financial covenants contained in our credit agreement with our lender;

• Changes in our business strategy, capital improvements or development plans;

• Changes in plant production capacity or technical difficulties in operating the plant;

• Changes in general economic conditions or the occurrence of certain events causing an economic impact in the agriculture, oil or automobile industries;

• Changes and advances in ethanol production technology;

• Changes in interest rates or the lack of credit availability; and

• Our ability to retain key employees and maintain labor relations.

Our actual results or actions could and likely will differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the reasons described in this report.  We are not under any duty to update the forward-looking statements contained in this report.  We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.  We caution you not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report.  You should read this report and the documents that we reference in this report and have filed as exhibits, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we currently expect.  We qualify all of our forward-looking statements with these cautionary statements. Unless otherwise stated, references in this report to particular years or quarters refer to our fiscal years ended in October and the associated quarters of those fiscal years.

Overview

Golden Grain Energy, LLC was formed as an Iowa limited liability company on March 18, 2002, for the purpose of constructing, owning and operating a fuel-grade ethanol plant near Mason City in north central Iowa. Since December 2004, we have been engaged in the production of ethanol and distiller grains at the plant and have produced corn oil since February 2009. References to "we," "us," "our" and the "Company" refer to Golden Grain Energy, LLC. We have capacity to produce approximately 120 million gallons of ethanol per year.

Our revenue is derived primarily from the sale and distribution of our ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil. We market our products through Renewable Products Marketing Group, Inc. ("RPMG"), a professional third party marketer. We are an equity owner of RPMG, LLC, the parent company of RPMG, which allows us to realize favorable marketing fees in the sale of our ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil.

On November 21, 2016, our board of directors declared a distribution of $0.75 per membership unit for members of record as of November 21, 2016. The total amount of the distribution was $14,904,750 which was paid in December 2016. On

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May 15, 2017, our board of directors declared a distribution of $0.50 per membership unit to the holders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2017 for a total distribution of $9,936,500. The distribution was paid in June 2017.

In recent years, the ethanol industry in the United States has increased exports of ethanol and distiller grains. In January 2017, the Chinese issued final tariffs on U.S. distiller grains. The Chinese distiller grains anti-dumping tariffs range from 42.2% to 53.7% and the anti-subsidy tariffs range from approximately 11% to 12%. In addition, the Chinese government increased its ethanol import tariff from 5% to 30% as of January 1, 2017. These tariffs have had a negative impact on market ethanol and distiller grains prices in the United States.

In Brazil, UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry, is lobbying the Brazilian government to institute a 16% tariff on imported ethanol. Ethanol producers in Brazil are seeking a 20% tariff. To date, this tariff has not been implemented. However, Brazil is a major source of ethanol demand, and a tariff could negatively impact market ethanol prices in the United States.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Three Months Ended July 31, 2017 and 2016

The following table shows the results of our operations and the percentage of revenues, cost of goods sold, operating expenses and other items to total revenues in our statement of operations for the three months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016:

	2017			2016
Income Statement Data	Amount		%	Amount		%
Revenues	$	49,760,291	100.0	$	48,641,969	100.0
Cost of Goods Sold	46,034,429		92.5	41,658,299		85.6
Gross Profit	3,725,862		7.5	6,983,670		14.4
Operating Expenses	1,042,348		2.1	648,383		1.3
Operating Income	2,683,514		5.4	6,335,287		13.0
Other Income	1,157,060		2.3	2,011,618		4.1
Net Income	$	3,840,574	7.7	$	8,346,905	17.2

Revenues. Our total revenue was higher for our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due to the higher quantities of ethanol and corn oil sold offset by lower average prices we received for our ethanol, distillers and corn oil. For our third quarter of 2017, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 84% of our total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 11% of our total revenue, and corn oil sales accounted for approximately 5% of our total revenue. For our third quarter of 2016, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 80% of our total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 16% of our total revenue, and corn oil sales accounted for approximately 4% of our total revenue.

The average price per gallon we received for our ethanol was approximately 2% lower for our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes this decrease in the average price we received for our ethanol to lower commodity and gasoline prices which typically impact ethanol prices. Management anticipates that ethanol prices will likely remain steady during the remaining quarter of our 2017 fiscal year. Prices may firm due to the fact that the RFS ethanol use requirement was set at 15 million gallons for corn-based ethanol for 2017 along with increased export demand for ethanol. However, export demand for ethanol is less consistent compared to domestic demand, so if ethanol exports are lower during 2017 compared to 2016, it could further result in lower ethanol prices and could negatively impact our profitability. Further, other ethanol producers are expanding their production capacities. If ethanol supply increases at a greater pace compared to ethanol demand, it could negatively impact ethanol prices and could negatively impact our profitability.

We sold approximately 10% more gallons of ethanol during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes this increase in ethanol sales with timing of ethanol shipments and higher production rates. Our total ethanol production was 3% more during our third quarter of 2017 as compared to the same period of 2016. Management anticipates that our ethanol sales and production will be slightly greater during the remaining quarter of our 2017 fiscal year compared to our 2016 fiscal year due to plant efficiency improvements implemented during our 2016 and 2017 fiscal years.

During our third quarter of 2016, we experienced combined realized and unrealized losses on our ethanol derivative instruments of approximately $50,000, which decreased our revenue. By comparison, we had no ethanol derivative instruments during our third quarter of 2017.

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The average price per ton we received for our dried distillers grains was approximately 25% less for our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. In addition, the average price per ton we received for our modified/wet distillers grains was approximately 41% less for our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes these price decreases with lower market corn prices and higher corn supplies after the 2016 harvest. In addition, China started refusing distiller grains from the United States in January 2017 which resulted in lower distiller grains prices and will result in uncertainty regarding future distiller grains demand. This uncertainty may continue to negatively impact market distiller grains prices. Management anticipates that distiller grains will begin to consistently trade at a relative value of less than 100% of corn for the foreseeable future primarily due to China imposing antidumping and countervailing duties against the United States distiller grain markets.

Our dried distiller grains production decreased by approximately 1% during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes this decrease partially to increased corn oil extraction during the period as well as better efficiencies in converting corn into ethanol. Management anticipates distiller grains production to be slightly lower for the remaining quarter of our 2017 fiscal year compared to our 2016 fiscal year due to the increase in corn oil extraction and improved efficiencies in production.

We sold approximately 9% more pounds of corn oil during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. This increase in corn oil sales resulted from increased corn oil extraction methods which also led to decreased dried distiller grain production. The average price per pound we received for our corn oil was approximately 3% less for our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. This decrease in corn oil prices occurred due to an increase in corn oil supply. Management believes that an increase in total corn oil supply was from improvements in the extraction methods offset by increased biodiesel production which helped the corn oil supply market. Biodiesel production was spurred by the renewal of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit which management believes positively impacts corn oil demand. Management anticipates relatively stable corn oil prices going forward, despite anticipated increases in corn oil supplies, unless corn oil demand increases significantly for biodiesel production.

Cost of Goods Sold. Our cost of goods sold was higher for our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due primarily to an increase in the gallons of ethanol sold offset by a decrease in corn costs.  Our average cost per bushel of corn was approximately 8% lower during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016.  Management anticipates corn prices to remain low due to an improved balance between corn supply and demand as a result of the larger corn crops harvested in recent years along with relatively stable corn demand, however, we may still experience some short term corn price volatility. 

We consumed more bushels of corn during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due to higher ethanol production. Management anticipates consistent corn consumption during the rest of our 2017 fiscal year, provided we continue to experience profitable operating margins which allow us to operate the ethanol plant at capacity.

Our natural gas costs increased by approximately 20% during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Our usage was minimally higher, but the average price we paid per MMBtu of natural gas was approximately 19% higher during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes this increase in natural gas prices with higher commodity and energy prices during the 2017 period as well as growing demand for natural gas. Management anticipates that natural gas prices will remain relatively stable for the remaining quarters of our 2017 fiscal year. Our natural gas consumption during our third quarter of 2017 was similar compared to the same period of 2016 despite an increase in ethanol gallons produced due to improved energy usage at the ethanol production facility.

We experienced combined realized and unrealized losses of approximately $39,000 for our third quarter of 2017 related to our corn and natural gas derivative instruments which increased our cost of goods sold. By comparison, we experienced approximately $3,934,000 of combined realized and unrealized gains for the same period of 2016 related to our corn and natural gas derivative instruments which decreased our cost of goods sold. We recognize the gains or losses that result from the changes in the value of our derivative instruments from corn and natural gas in cost of goods sold as the changes occur.  As corn and natural gas prices fluctuate, the value of our derivative instruments is impacted, which affects our financial performance.

Operating Expenses. Our operating expenses were higher during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due to higher contributions to trade organizations that support ethanol promotion activities as well as an increase in property tax expense. Management anticipates that our operating expenses will be slightly higher during the remaining quarter of our 2017 fiscal year compared to our 2016 fiscal year due to higher property tax expense and possibly by potential differences in employee bonus accruals that are tied to net income.

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Other Income (Expense). Other income was lower for our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016, due to a decrease in equity income from investments. Our investments are in other companies involved in the ethanol industry which, in general, experienced less favorable operating margins during our third quarter of 2017. One of our investments made distributions in excess of the equity balance recorded by the Company, totaling approximately $853,000 during our third quarter of 2016, which were recorded as a gain through other income; no such excess distributions were received during our third quarter of 2017. We had less interest income during our third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due to less interest recognized on fewer maturing certificates of deposit with financial institutions.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended July 31, 2017 and 2016

The following table shows the results of our operations and the percentage of revenues, cost of goods sold, operating expenses and other items to total revenues in our statement of operations for the nine months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016:

	2017			2016
Income Statement Data	Amount		%	Amount		%
Revenues	$	156,784,396	100.0	$	148,934,083	100.0
Cost of Goods Sold	140,214,791		89.4	138,375,585		92.9
Gross Profit	16,569,605		10.6	10,558,498		7.1
Operating Expenses	2,884,924		1.8	2,544,110		1.7
Operating Income	13,684,681		8.7	8,014,388		5.4
Other Income	5,858,145		3.7	6,154,146		4.1
Net Income	$	19,542,826	12.5	$	14,168,534	9.5

Revenues. Our total revenue was higher for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due to the higher average prices we received for our ethanol and corn oil. For our nine months ended July 31, 2017, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 84% of our total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 12% of our total revenue, and corn oil sales accounted for approximately 4% of our total revenue. For our nine months ended July 31, 2016, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 80% of our total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 16% of our total revenue, and corn oil sales accounted for approximately 4% of our total revenue.

The average price per gallon we received for our ethanol was approximately 7% higher for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes this increase in the average price we received for our ethanol to higher gasoline and higher export demand which typically impacts ethanol prices.

We sold approximately 2% more gallons of ethanol during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes this increase in ethanol sales with increased ethanol production. Our total ethanol production was 1% greater during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 as compared to the same period of 2016.

During our nine months ended July 31, 2017, we experienced combined realized and unrealized gains on our ethanol derivative instruments of approximately $31,000, which increased our revenue. By comparison, we experienced an approximate $50,000 loss on our ethanol derivative instruments during our nine months ended July 31, 2016 which decreased our revenue.

The average price per ton we received for our dried distillers grains was approximately 17% less for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. In addition, the average price per ton we received for our modified/wet distillers grains was approximately 44% less for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes these price decreases to lower market corn prices and higher corn supplies after the 2016 harvest. In addition, China started refusing distiller grains from the United States in January 2017 which resulted in lower distiller grains prices and will result in uncertainty regarding future distiller grains demand. In January 2017, China started imposing antidumping and countervailing duties against the United States distiller grain markets. These events have negatively impacted market distiller grains prices. Management anticipates that distiller grains will consistently trade at a relative value of less than 100% of corn for the foreseeable future primarily due to China's market positions.

Our dried distiller grains production decreased by approximately 10% during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes this decrease partially to increased modified/wet distiller grain production, in addition to increased corn oil extraction during the period.

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We sold approximately 9% more pounds of corn oil during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. This increase in corn oil sales resulted from increased corn oil extraction methods and resulted in decreased dried distiller grain production. The average price per pound we received for our corn oil was approximately 9% greater for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. This increase in corn oil prices occurred despite an increase in corn oil supply. Management believes that an increase in total corn oil demand from increased biodiesel production offset the increase in the market corn oil supply.

Cost of Goods Sold. Our cost of goods sold was higher for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due primarily to increased natural gas costs offset by a decrease in the cost of corn.  Our average cost per bushel of corn, before our derivative instrument gain, was approximately 5% lower during the first nine months of our 2017 fiscal year compared to the same period of 2016. 

While production levels increased, we consumed the same amount of corn during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due to increased conversion of corn into ethanol on increased gallons of ethanol production. During our nine months ended July 31, 2017 we experienced a 1% increase in efficiency of converting corn into ethanol as compared to the same period of 2016.

Our natural gas costs increased by approximately 27% during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Our usage was 2% less, but the average price we paid per MMBtu of natural gas was approximately 29% higher during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. Management attributes this increase in natural gas prices with higher commodity and energy prices during the 2017 period as well as growing demand for natural gas. Our natural gas efficiency during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 increased by 2% per gallon of ethanol production.

We experienced combined realized and unrealized gains of approximately $363,000 for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 related to our corn and natural gas derivative instruments which decreased our cost of goods sold. By comparison, we experienced approximately $4,589,000 of combined realized and unrealized gains for the same period of 2016 related to our corn and natural gas derivative instruments which decreased our cost of goods sold. We recognize the gains or losses that result from the changes in the value of our derivative instruments from corn and natural gas in cost of goods sold as the changes occur.  As corn and natural gas prices fluctuate, the value of our derivative instruments is impacted, which affects our financial performance.

Operating Expenses. Our operating expenses were higher during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 primary due to an increase in contributions to trade organizations that support ethanol promotion activities, property tax expense and personnel expense related to the bonus accrual for 2017. The increase in contributions to trade organizations for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 were driven by contributions to ethanol trade organizations. The increase in property tax expense for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 was from an increase in rates as well as expiration of our tax incremental financing. The increase in personnel expense during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 is due to an increase in the accrual for employee bonuses which is partially based off of net income. Offsetting these increases, legal expenses were lower during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. This was due to the antidumping and countervailing duties claims that we were defending during our 2016 period. Management anticipates that our operating expenses will be comparable during the remaining quarter of our 2017 fiscal year compared to our 2016 fiscal year as we balance out payments for the dues and subscriptions that we pay to trade organizations offset by potential changes in employee bonus accruals that are tied to net income.

Other Income (Expense). Other income was slightly lower for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016, due primarily to less income from marketable securities and equity income from investments. Our investments are in other companies involved in the ethanol industry which, in general, experienced similar operating margins during our nine months ended July 31, 2017. However, one of our investments made distributions in excess of the equity balance recorded by the Company, which were recorded as gains through other income, totaling approximately $1,652,000 and $3,074,000, for our nine months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. We had less interest income during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due to less interest generated from maturing certificates of deposit during 2017. We also had less other income during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016 due to a decrease in income from marketable securities and investments not recorded on the equity method of accounting.

Changes in Financial Condition for the Nine Months Ended July 31, 2017

Current Assets. We had less cash and equivalents at July 31, 2017 compared to October 31, 2016. This decrease in our cash position is due primarily to nearly $25 million in distributions we paid to our members during December 2016 and June 2017 and cash that was invested into marketable securities, offset by cash generated from operations. The value of our accounts receivable

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and inventory were comparable in the aggregate at July 31, 2017 compared to October 31, 2016 due to the timing of payments we received from our vendor and the timing of shipments of our products. We had less bushels of corn on hand at a lower carrying value at July 31, 2017 compared to October 31, 2016 which made the value of our inventory lower.

Property and Equipment. The net value of our property and equipment was lower at July 31, 2017 compared to October 31, 2016 due to depreciation, offset by ongoing capital projects. We had approximately $1.6 million in construction in progress at July 31, 2017 related to various capital projects we were conducting during our 2017 fiscal year, the largest of which is improvements to our plant associated with upgrades to our plant control system.

Other Assets. Our other assets were slightly lower at July 31, 2017 compared to October 31, 2016 due to a decrease in the value of our various investments caused by distributions declared in excess of earnings recorded for the nine months ended July 31, 2017.

Current Liabilities. Our accounts payable at July 31, 2017 were lower compared to October 31, 2016 due to lower payables to our vendors for corn deliveries. Our accrued expenses were similar at July 31, 2017 compared to October 31, 2016.

Long-term Liabilities. Our long-term liabilities were similar at July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Based on financial forecasts performed by our management, we anticipate that we will have sufficient cash from our current credit facilities and cash generated from our operations to continue to operate the ethanol plant at capacity for the next 12 months and beyond. As of July 31, 2017, we had $10 million available pursuant to our revolving term loan and approximately $28 million in cash and equivalents and marketable securities.

We are in the process of expanding the ethanol plant by approximately 30 million gallons per year. We have not yet entered into any significant agreements or contracts related to the expansion and we anticipate the project will cost approximately $31.5 million, some of which we expect to pay through operating income. However, we may secure additional debt financing in the future to pay a portion of the costs associated with the project. Management continually evaluates conditions in the ethanol industry and explores opportunities to improve the efficiency and profitability of our operations which may require additional capital expenditures.

We have a program of investing our excess cash in short-term liquid investments which allows us to access the cash when we need it and preserve our capital while limiting our loss exposure. Only a portion of our cash balances are federally insured when they are deposited with our bank. As a result, our plan is intended to decrease the risk we face when we were concentrating our cash balances with one financial institution.

The following table shows our cash flows for the nine months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016:

	Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017			2016
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	24,850,591		$	17,741,357
Net cash (used in) investing activities	(8,535,717		)	(12,282,948		)
Net cash (used in) financing activities	(24,756,992		)	(18,879,350		)

Cash Flow From Operations

Our cash flows from operations for the nine months ended July 31, 2017 were higher compared to the same period of 2016 due primarily to increased net income and working capital associated with accounts receivable and inventory. These increases were offset by a decrease in distributions received in excess of earnings from our investments.

Cash Flow From Investing Activities

We used less cash for investing activities during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. During the 2017 period, we invested more cash into marketable securities offset by fewer capital expenditures compared to the 2016 period due to fewer plant improvement projects. In addition, during our nine months ended July 31, 2017 we received insurance proceeds from an involuntary asset conversion compared to the same period of 2016.

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Cash Flow From Financing Activities.

During our nine months ended July 31, 2017, we used more cash for financing activities related to higher distributions paid to members as compared to the same period of 2016.

Short-Term and Long-Term Debt Sources

In exchange for our credit facility Farm Credit, we executed a mortgage in favor of Farm Credit covering all of our real property and granted Farm Credit a security interest in all of our equipment and other assets. In the event we default on our loans with Farm Credit, Farm Credit may foreclose on our assets, including both our real property and our machinery and equipment.

Variable Line of Credit

We have a long-term line of credit. Interest on this loan accrues at 3.15% above the One-Month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The interest rate is subject to weekly adjustment. We may elect to enter into a fixed interest rate on this loan at various times throughout the term of the loan as provided in the loan agreements. During the first fiscal quarter of 2016, we executed an amendment to our credit agreements with Farm Credit which adjusted our loan covenants related to issuing distributions to our members and changed the terms of our revolving line of credit. We have $10 million available pursuant to this long-term revolving line of credit until it matures on February 1, 2020. We agreed to pay an annual fee of 0.5% of the unused portion of this loan. As of July 31, 2017, we had $0 outstanding on this loan with an accrued interest rate of 4.38% per year. As of July 31, 2017, we had $10 million available to be drawn on this loan.

Administrative Agency Agreement

As part of the Farm Credit loan closing, we entered into an Administrative Agency Agreement with CoBank, ACP ("CoBank"). CoBank purchased a participation interest in the Farm Credit loans and was appointed the administrative agent for the purpose of servicing the loans. As a result, CoBank will act as the agent for Farm Credit with respect to our loans. We agreed to pay CoBank an annual fee of $5,000 as the agent for Farm Credit.

Covenants

Our credit agreements with Farm Credit are subject to numerous covenants requiring us to maintain various financial ratios. As of July 31, 2017, we were in compliance with all of our loan covenants with Farm Credit. Based on current management projections, we anticipate that we will be in compliance with our loan covenants for the next 12 months and beyond.

Grants and Government Programs

In December 2006, we received the first payment from our semi-annual economic development grants equal to the amount of the tax assessments imposed on our ethanol plant by Cerro Gordo County, the county in which our ethanol plant is located. Based on our 2009 assessment, the total amount of these grants is expected to be approximately $9 million, which will be paid semi-annually over a 10-year period with the final payment being made in 2019.

Critical Accounting Policies

Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing our financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. Of the significant accounting policies described in the notes to our financial statements, we believe that the following are the most critical:

Revenue Recognition

Revenue from the sale of our products is recognized at the time title to the goods and all risks of ownership transfer to the customers.  The time of transfer is defined in the specific sales agreement; however, it generally occurs upon shipment, loading of the goods or when the customer picks up the goods. Collectability of revenue is reasonably assured based on historical evidence of collectability between us and our customers. Interest income is recognized as earned.

Shipping costs incurred by us in the sale of ethanol and corn oil are not specifically identifiable and as a result, revenue from the sale of ethanol and corn oil are recorded based on the net selling price reported to us from our marketer. Shipping costs incurred by us in the sale of distiller grain products are included in cost of goods sold.

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Investment in Commodities Contracts, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

We evaluate contracts to determine whether the contracts are derivative instruments. Certain contracts that meet the definition of a derivative may be exempted from derivative accounting and treated as normal purchases or normal sales if documented as such. Normal purchases and normal sales are contracts that provide for the purchase or sale of something other than a financial instrument or derivative instrument that will be delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold over a reasonable period in the normal course of business.

We enter into short-term cash, option and futures contracts as a means of securing corn and natural gas for the ethanol plant and managing exposure to changes in commodity and energy prices. We occasionally also enter into derivative contracts to hedge our exposure to price risk as it relates to ethanol sales. As part of our risk management process, we use futures and option contracts through regulated commodity exchanges or through the over-the-counter market to manage our risk related to pricing of inventories. All of our derivatives, other than those excluded under the normal purchases and sales exclusion, are designated as non-hedge derivatives, with changes in fair value recognized in net income. Although the contracts are economic hedges of specified risks, they are not designated or accounted for as hedging instruments.

Realized and unrealized gains and losses related to derivative contracts related to corn and natural gas are included as a component of cost of goods sold and derivative contracts related to ethanol are included as a component of revenues in the accompanying financial statements. The fair values of contracts are presented on the accompanying balance sheet as derivative instruments.

Investments

The Company has less than a 20% investment interest in five companies in related industries. These investments are being accounted for by the equity method of accounting under which the Company's share of net income is recognized as income in the Company's income statement and added to the investment account. Distributions or dividends received from the investments are treated as a reduction of the investment account. The investments are evaluated for indications of impairment on a regular basis. A loss would be recognized when the fair value is determined to be less than the carrying value.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.

We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are exposed to the impact of market fluctuations associated with commodity prices as discussed below. We have no exposure to interest rate changes as we did not have any amounts outstanding on our variable interest rate loans as of July 31, 2017. We have no exposure to foreign currency risk as all of our business is conducted in U.S. Dollars. We use derivative financial instruments as part of an overall strategy to manage market risk. We use cash, futures and option contracts to hedge changes to the commodity prices of corn, natural gas and ethanol. We do not enter into these derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes, nor do we designate these contracts as hedges for accounting purposes.

Commodity Price Risk

We seek to minimize the risks from fluctuations in the prices of raw material inputs, such as corn and natural gas, and finished products, such as ethanol and distiller grains, through the use of hedging instruments. In practice, as markets move, we actively manage our risk and adjust hedging strategies as appropriate. Although we believe our hedge positions accomplish an economic hedge against our future purchases and sales, management has chosen not to use hedge accounting, which would match the gain or loss on our hedge positions to the specific commodity purchase being hedged. We are using fair value accounting for our hedge positions, which means as the current market price of our hedge positions changes, the realized or unrealized gains and losses are immediately recognized in our cost of goods sold or as an offset to revenues. The immediate recognition of hedging gains and losses under fair value accounting can cause net income to be volatile from quarter to quarter due to the timing of the change in value of the derivative instruments relative to the cost and use of the commodity being hedged.

As of July 31, 2017, we had price protection in place for approximately 18% of our anticipated corn needs, 2% of our natural gas needs and 0% of our ethanol sales for the next 12 months.

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A sensitivity analysis has been prepared to estimate our exposure to ethanol, corn and natural gas price risk. Market risk related to these factors is estimated as the potential change in income resulting from a hypothetical 10% adverse change in the average cost of our corn and natural gas prices and average ethanol price as of July 31, 2017, net of the forward and future contracts used to hedge our market risk for corn and natural gas usage requirements. The volumes are based on our expected use and sale of these commodities for a one year period from July 31, 2017. The results of this analysis, which may differ from actual results, are as follows:

	Estimated Volume Requirements for the next 12 months (net of forward and futures contracts)	Unit of Measure	Hypothetical Adverse Change in Price	Approximate Adverse Change to Income
Natural Gas	3,000,000	MMBTU	10%	$	886,000
Ethanol	120,000,000	Gallons	10%	16,596,000
Corn	32,829,000	Bushels	10%	11,428,000

Liability Risk

We participate, along with other plants in the industry, in a group captive insurance company (Captive). The Captive insures losses related to workman's compensation, commercial property and general liability. The Captive reinsures catastrophic losses for all participants, including the Company, in excess of predetermined amounts. Our premiums are accrued by a charge to income for the period to which the premium relates and is remitted by our insurer to the captive reinsurer. These premiums are structured such that we have made a prepaid collateral deposit estimated for losses related to the above coverage. The Captive insurer has estimated and collected an amount in excess of the estimated losses but less than the catastrophic loss limit insured by the Captive. We cannot be assessed over the amount in the collateral fund.

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Our management, including our Executive Vice President (the principal executive officer), Curtis Strong, along with our Chief Financial Officer (the principal financial officer), Christine Marchand, have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of July 31, 2017.  Based on this review and evaluation, these officers have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods required by the forms and rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

For the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2017, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The following risk factors are provided due to material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K. The risk factors set forth below should be read in conjunction with the risk factors section and the Management's Discussion and Analysis section for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, included in our annual report on Form 10-K.

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Distiller grains demand and prices may be negatively impacted by the Chinese anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties. China was historically the world's largest importer of distiller grains produced in the United States. On January 12, 2016, the Chinese government announced that it would commence an anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigation related to distiller grains imported from the United States. In January 2017, the Chinese finalized the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties. The anti-dumping duties range from 42.2% to 53.7%. The final anti-subsidy tariffs range from approximately 11% to 12%. Both during the investigation and after the announcement of the duties, distiller grains demand and prices have been negatively impacted. While we expect China to continue to import some distiller grains, we do not anticipate that the imports will be at the same level as previous years which could continue to negatively impact market distiller grains demand and prices. This potential reduction in demand along with lower domestic corn prices could negatively impact our ability to profitably operate the ethanol plant.

If Brazil implements a tariff on U.S. produced ethanol, it could negatively impact market ethanol prices. Brazil is currently the largest importer of ethanol produced in the United States. However, recently the Brazilian government has discussed implementing a tariff on ethanol produced in the United States and exported to Brazil. Due to current ethanol production levels in the United States, the market price of ethanol has been supported by exports of ethanol. Further, additional ethanol capacity is being constructed which may further increase the domestic supply of ethanol. If Brazil implements a tariff on U.S. ethanol, it could lead to an oversupply of ethanol in the United States which could negatively impact domestic ethanol prices. Ethanol prices may decrease to a level which does not allow us to operate the ethanol plant profitably.

Many ethanol producers are expanding their production capacity which could lead to an oversupply of ethanol in the United States. Recently, many ethanol producers have commenced projects to expand their ethanol production capacities. These expansions could result in a significant increase in the supply of ethanol in the United States. Currently, ethanol prices are supported by ethanol exports which may not continue at their current levels. While many in the ethanol industry are working to increase the amount of ethanol that is used domestically, specifically in the form of E15, which contains 15% ethanol as compared to the 10% ethanol which is used in most current blends, adoption of E15 has not been as rapid as most ethanol producers would like. Also, the additional ethanol capacity which is being constructed may exceed current domestic and export demand. If an oversupply of ethanol were to occur, it could negatively impact domestic ethanol prices which could negatively impact our ability to profitably operate the ethanol plant.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.

None.

Item 5.Other Information

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
31.1	Certificate Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)*
31.2	Certificate Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)*
32.1	Certificate Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350*
32.2	Certificate Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350*
101	The following financial information from Golden Grain Energy, LLC's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2017, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, (ii) Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, (iii) Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, and (iv) the Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.**

*    Filed herewith.

**    Furnished herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC
Date:	September 14, 2017	/s/ Curtis Strong
		Curtis Strong
		Executive Vice-President
		(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	September 14, 2017	/s/ Christine Marchand
		Christine Marchand
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EX-31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Curtis Strong, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Golden Grain Energy, LLC;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant, as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	September 14, 2017	/s/ Curtis Strong
		Curtis Strong, Executive Vice President (Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Christine Marchand, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Golden Grain Energy, LLC;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant, as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	September 14, 2017	/s/ Christine Marchand
		Christine Marchand, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Golden Grain Energy, LLC (the “Company”) for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Curtis Strong, Executive Vice President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

	/s/ Curtis Strong
	Curtis Strong
	Executive Vice President
Dated:	September 14, 2017

EX-32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Golden Grain Energy, LLC (the “Company”) for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Christine Marchand, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

	/s/ Christine Marchand
	Christine Marchand
	Chief Financial Officer
Dated:	September 14, 2017

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	Jul. 31, 2017	Sep. 14, 2017
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC
Entity Central Index Key	0001206942
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
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Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
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Balance Sheet - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Current Assets
Cash and equivalents	$ 8,090,072	$ 16,532,190
Marketable securities	20,247,381	15,785,542
Accounts receivable	7,094,171	6,202,104
Other receivables	665,453	568,940
Derivative instruments	980,449	514,878
Inventory	5,119,798	6,905,684
Prepaid expenses and other	2,423,729	1,589,075
Total current assets	44,621,053	48,098,413
Property and Equipment
Land and land improvements	12,962,015	12,961,713
Building and grounds	28,617,796	28,305,386
Grain handling equipment	15,833,823	15,833,823
Office equipment	213,207	220,527
Plant and process equipment	102,843,784	95,681,018
Construction in progress	1,616,189	4,580,801
Gross property and equipment	162,086,814	157,583,268
Less accumulated depreciation	97,743,660	90,896,301
Net property and equipment	64,343,154	66,686,967
Other Assets
Investments	23,960,604	24,474,860
Other assets	1,368,174	1,503,666
Total other assets	25,328,778	25,978,526
Total Assets	134,292,985	140,763,906
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	6,489,374	7,660,157
Accrued expenses	1,469,411	1,413,127
Other current liabilities	106,306	163,884
Total current liabilities	8,065,091	9,237,168
Long-term Liabilities
Deferred compensation	420,538	355,623
Deferred revenue, net of current portion	28,108	93,443
Total long-term liabilities	448,646	449,066
Commitments and Contingencies
Members' Equity (19,873,000 units issued and outstanding)	125,779,248	131,077,672
Total Liabilities and Members’ Equity	$ 134,292,985	$ 140,763,906

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Balance Sheet Parenthetical - shares	Jul. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Members' Equity, units issued and outstanding	19,873,000	19,873,000

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Statement of Operations - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016
Revenues	$ 49,760,291	$ 48,641,969	$ 156,784,396	$ 148,934,083
Cost of Goods Sold	46,034,429	41,658,299	140,214,791	138,375,585
Gross Profit	3,725,862	6,983,670	16,569,605	10,558,498
Operating Expenses	1,042,348	648,383	2,884,924	2,544,110
Operating Income	2,683,514	6,335,287	13,684,681	8,014,388
Other Income (Expense)
Other income	173,407	187,296	279,850	477,280
Interest income (expense)	(13,080)	(6,626)	(13,101)	(7,706)
Equity in net income of investments	996,733	1,830,948	5,591,396	5,684,572
Total other income	1,157,060	2,011,618	5,858,145	6,154,146
Net Income	$ 3,840,574	$ 8,346,905	$ 19,542,826	$ 14,168,534
Basic & diluted net income per unit	$ 0.19	$ 0.42	$ 0.98	$ 0.71
Weighted average units outstanding for the calculation of basic & diluted net income per unit	19,873,000	19,873,000	19,873,000	19,873,000
Distribution Per Unit	$ 0.50	$ 0.25	$ 1.25	$ 0.95

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Statement of Cash Flows - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net Income	$ 19,542,826	$ 14,168,534
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	6,907,938	6,509,582
Unrealized loss on risk management & marketable securities	(927,410)	(820,484)
Amortization of deferred revenue	(122,913)	(82,794)
Change in accretion of interest on grant & note receivable	(40,013)	(46,927)
Distributions in excess of earnings from investments	514,256	2,327,332
Gain on insurance proceeds from involuntary conversion	(489,852)	0
Deferred compensation expense	64,915	25,454
Change in assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable	(892,067)	(2,764,049)
Inventory	1,785,886	(16,407)
Prepaid expenses and other	(931,167)	(843,185)
Accounts payable	(618,092)	(443,354)
Accrued expenses	56,284	(272,345)
Net cash provided by operating activities	24,850,591	17,741,357
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	(5,184,469)	(10,532,948)
Insurance proceeds from involuntary conversion	648,752	0
Purchase of marketable securities	(6,750,000)	(12,250,000)
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities	2,750,000	10,500,000
Net cash (used in) investing activities	(8,535,717)	(12,282,948)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Distributions to members	(24,841,250)	(18,879,350)
Payments received on grant receivable	84,258	0
Net cash (used in) financing activities	(24,756,992)	(18,879,350)
Net (Decrease) in Cash and Equivalents	(8,442,118)	(13,420,941)
Cash and Equivalents – Beginning of Period	16,532,190	21,084,029
Cash and Equivalents – End of Period	8,090,072	7,663,088
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for interest	38,296	33,023
Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Operating, Investing & Financing Activities
Accounts payable related to construction in process	0	675,342
Distributions declared and unpaid by equity method investee	$ 0	$ 852,576

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and notes disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted as permitted by such rules and regulations. These financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2016, contained in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for 2016.

In the opinion of management, the interim condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation. The adjustments made to these statements consist only of normal recurring adjustments.

Nature of Business

Golden Grain Energy, LLC ("Golden Grain Energy" and "the Company") is an approximately 120 million gallon annual production ethanol plant near Mason City, Iowa. The Company sells its production of ethanol, distiller grains with solubles and corn oil primarily in the continental United States. The Company also holds several investments in various companies that focus on ethanol production, marketing and/or logistics.

Organization

Golden Grain Energy is organized as an Iowa limited liability company.  The members' liability is limited as specified in Golden Grain Energy's operating agreement and pursuant to the Iowa Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. 

Accounting Estimates

Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing these financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Those estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Equivalents

The Company's cash balances are maintained in bank depositories and regularly exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in connection with these balances. Also included in cash and equivalents are highly liquid investments, that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash, which are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value due to interest rate, quoted price or penalty on withdrawal and have a maturity of three months or less.

Marketable Securities

The Company determines the appropriate classification of its investments in debt and equity securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such determinations at each balance sheet date. Debt securities are classified as held to maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Held-to-maturity securities are recorded as either short term or long term on the Balance Sheet, based on contractual maturity date and are stated at cost. Marketable securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term are classified as trading securities and are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses recognized in earnings.

Marketable securities consist of certificates of deposits with original maturities of greater than three months and mutual funds. Certificates of deposit are considered held-to-maturity securities, which are measured at cost. Mutual funds are considered trading securities which are measured at fair value using prices obtained from pricing services. Any unrealized or realized gains and losses on the trading securities are recorded as part of other income.

Marketable securities consisted of mutual funds invested in intermediate-term municipal and government bonds and certificates of deposit all with maturities of less than one year. For the periods ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, there was no other-than-temporary impairment recognized. The Company recorded interest, dividends and net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from these investments as part of other income as follows:

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Net earnings on marketable securities	$	28,000	$	187,000	$	134,000	$	390,000
	Marketable Securities
As of	Cost		Fair Market Value		Certificates of Deposit
July 31, 2017	$	18,562,000	$	18,496,000	$	1,750,000
October 31, 2016	$	12,967,000	$	13,036,000	$	2,750,000

Accounts Receivable

Credit sales are made primarily to one customer and no collateral is required. The Company carries these accounts receivable at original invoice amount with no allowance for doubtful accounts due to the historical collection rates on these accounts.

Investments

The Company has less than a 20% investment interest in five companies in related industries. These investments are being accounted for by the equity method of accounting under which the Company's share of net income is recognized as income in the Company's statement of operations and added to the investment account. Distributions or dividends received from the investments are treated as a reduction of the investment account. Distributions or dividends received in excess of the carrying value are recognized as income in the statement of operations. The investments are evaluated for indications of impairment on a regular basis. A loss would be recognized when the fair value is determined to be less than the carrying value.

The fiscal years of Renewable Products Marketing Group, LLC (RPMG) and Guardian Energy Janesville, LLC end on September 30 and the fiscal years of Absolute Energy, LLC, Homeland Energy Solutions, LLC and Lawrenceville Tank, LLC, end on December 31. The Company consistently follows the practice of recognizing the net income based on the most recent reliable data. Therefore, the net income which is reported in the Company's statement of operations for the period ended July 31, 2017, for all companies, is based on the investee's results for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017.

Note Receivable

The Company has a note receivable from an unrelated party. The Company carries the note at original face value plus accrued interest which is equal to 6% as of July 31, 2017 and is compounded monthly. The note commenced in December 2014 with a face value of $510,000 and has a maturity of 5 years. Annual payments are to begin in September 2018. Balance of the note receivable, including accrued interest, as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016 was approximately $592,000 and $566,000, respectively.

Revenue and Cost Recognition

Revenue from the sale of the Company's products is recognized at the time title to the goods and all risks of ownership transfer to the customers.  This generally occurs upon shipment, loading of the goods or when the customer picks up the goods. Collectability of revenue is reasonably assured based on historical evidence of collectability between the Company and its customers. Interest income is recognized as earned.

Shipping costs incurred by the Company in the sale of ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil are not specifically identifiable and as a result, revenue from the sale of ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil are recorded based on the net selling price reported to the Company from its marketer. Railcar lease costs incurred by the Company in the sale and shipment of distiller grain products are included in cost of goods sold.

Inventory

Inventories are generally valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value.  In the valuation of inventories and purchase commitments, net realizable value is defined as estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less reasonable predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation.

Property & Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at historical cost. Significant additions and betterments are capitalized, while expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations when incurred. The Company uses the straight-line method of computing depreciation over the estimated useful lives between 3 and 40 years.

The Company reviews its property and equipment for impairment whenever events indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset group to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by an asset group to the carrying value of the asset group. If the carrying value of the asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

Investment in commodities contracts, derivative instruments and hedging activities

The Company evaluates its contracts to determine whether the contracts are derivative instruments. Certain contracts that meet the definition of a derivative may be exempted from derivative accounting and treated as normal purchases or normal sales if documented as such. Normal purchases and normal sales are contracts that provide for the purchase or sale of something other than a financial instrument or derivative instrument that will be delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold over a reasonable period in the normal course of business.

The Company enters into short-term cash, option and futures contracts as a means of securing corn and natural gas for the ethanol plant and managing exposure to changes in commodity and energy prices. The Company occasionally also enters into derivative contracts to hedge its exposure to price risk as it relates to ethanol sales. As part of its risk management process, the Company uses futures and option contracts through regulated commodity exchanges or through the over-the-counter market to manage its risk related to pricing of inventories. All of the Company's derivatives, other than those excluded under the normal purchases and sales exclusion, are designated as non-hedge derivatives, with changes in fair value recognized in net income. Although the contracts are economic hedges of specified risks, they are not designated or accounted for as hedging instruments.

Realized and unrealized gains and losses related to derivative contracts related to corn and natural gas are included as a component of cost of goods sold and derivative contracts related to ethanol are included as a component of revenues in the accompanying financial statements. The fair values of contracts are presented on the accompanying balance sheet as derivative instruments net of cash due from/to broker.

Net income per unit

Basic and diluted earnings per unit are computed using the weighted-average number of Class A and B units outstanding during the period.

Fair Value

Financial instruments include cash and equivalents, marketable securities, receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and derivative instruments. The fair value of marketable securities and derivative financial instruments is based on quoted market prices, as disclosed in Note 7. The fair value, determined using level 3 inputs, of all other current financial instruments is estimated to approximate carrying value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company has certain risks and uncertainties that it will experience during volatile market conditions, which can have a severe impact on operations. The Company's revenues are derived from the sale and distribution of ethanol and distiller grains to customers primarily located in the United States. Corn for the production process is supplied to the plant primarily from local agricultural producers and from purchases on the open market. For the three months ended July 31, 2017, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 84% of total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 11% of total revenue and corn oil sales accounted for approximately 5% of total revenue while corn costs averaged approximately 74% of cost of goods sold. For the nine months ended July 31, 2017, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 84% of total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 12% of total revenues and corn oil sales account of approximately 4% of total revenue while corn costs averaged approximately 76% of cost of goods sold.

The Company's operating and financial performance is largely driven by the prices at which ethanol is sold and the net expense of corn. The price of ethanol is influenced by factors such as supply and demand, weather, government policies and programs, and unleaded gasoline and the petroleum markets with ethanol selling, in general, for less than gasoline at the wholesale level. Excess ethanol supply in the market, in particular, puts downward pressure on the price of ethanol. The Company's largest cost of production is corn. The cost of corn is generally impacted by factors such as supply and demand, weather, and government policies and programs. The Company's risk management program is used to protect against the price volatility of these commodities.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09,"Revenue from Contracts with Customers". The ASU supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in "Accounting Standard Codification 605 - Revenue Recognition" and most industry-specific guidance. The standard requires that entities recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which a company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and for interim periods within that fiscal year. Although early application as of the original date is permitted, we expect to adopt ASU No. 2014-09 and the related ASUs during our fiscal year beginning November 1, 2018. We are evaluating the effect this guidance will have on our financial statements, including potential impacts on the timing of revenue recognition and additional information that may be necessary for expanded disclosures regarding revenue beginning in our 2019 fiscal year.

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Inventory

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Inventory [Abstract]

Inventory

INVENTORY

Inventory consisted of the following as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016:

	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
Raw Materials	$	2,662,854	$	3,808,935
Work in Process	1,202,667		1,170,767
Finished Goods	1,254,277		1,925,982
Totals	$	5,119,798	$	6,905,684

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Bank Financing

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Bank Financing [Abstract]

Bank Financing

BANK FINANCING

The Company has entered into a master loan agreement with Farm Credit Services of America (FLCA) which includes revolving loans with original maximum borrowings of $35 million, which currently has availability of $10 million and matures on February 1, 2020. Interest on the term loan is payable monthly at 3.15% above the one-month LIBOR (4.38% as of July 31, 2017). The borrowings are secured by substantially all the assets of the Company. The credit agreements are subject to covenants, requiring the Company to maintain various financial ratios, as well as certain distribution limitations. As of July 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all of the loan covenants. Failure to comply with the protective loan covenants or maintain the required financial ratios may cause acceleration of any outstanding principal balances on the loans and/or imposition of fees and penalties. As of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, the Company had no borrowings outstanding.

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Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company purchased corn and materials from members of its Board of Directors or Risk Management Committee that own or manage elevators. The Company also purchased ingredients from RPMG. Purchases from the related parties during the three and nine months ended July 31, 2017 totaled approximately $5,611,000 and $24,991,000, respectively. Purchases during the three and nine months ended July 31, 2016 totaled approximately $7,510,000 and $55,312,000, respectively. As of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, the amount owed to related parties was approximately $364,000 and $518,000, respectively (See Note 5).

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Commitments, Contingencies and Agreements

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Commitments, Contingencies and Agreements [Abstract]

Commitments, Contingencies and Agreements

COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AGREEMENTS AND RELATED PARTY

Ethanol, Distiller Grains and Corn Oil marketing agreements and major customers

The Company has entered into marketing agreements with a marketing company, in which the Company has an investment, for the exclusive rights to market, sell and distribute the entire ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil inventory produced by the Company. The marketing fees are presented net in revenues.

Approximate sales and marketing fees related to the agreements in place are as follows:

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Sales ethanol, distiller grains & corn oil	$	49,892,000	$	48,808,000	$	157,132,000	$	149,319,000
Marketing fees	132,000		115,000		379,000		334,000
As of	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
Amount due from RPMG	$	7,093,000	$	6,202,000

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Risk Management

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Risk Management [Abstract]

Risk Management

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Company's activities expose it to a variety of market risks, including the effects of changes in commodity prices. These financial exposures are monitored and managed by the Company as an integral part of its overall risk-management program. The Company's risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial and commodities markets and seeks to reduce the potentially adverse effects that the volatility of these markets may have on its operating results.

To reduce price risk caused by market fluctuations, the Company generally follows a policy of using exchange traded futures contracts to reduce its net position of merchandisable agricultural commodity inventories and forward cash purchase and sales contracts and uses exchange traded futures contracts to reduce price risk. Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at market price. Changes in market price of contracts related to corn and natural gas are recorded in cost of goods sold and changes in market prices of contracts related to sale of ethanol are recorded in revenues.

The following table represents the approximate amount of realized and unrealized gains (losses) and changes in fair value recognized in earnings on commodity contracts for periods ended July 31, 2017 and 2016 and the fair value of derivatives as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016:

	Income Statement Classification	Realized Gain (Loss)			Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss)		Total Gain (Loss)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	—		$	—	$	—
three months ended July 31, 2017	Cost of Goods Sold	(307,000		)	268,000		(39,000		)
	Total	$	(307,000	)	$	268,000	$	(39,000	)
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(50,000	)	$	—	$	(50,000	)
three months ended July 31, 2016	Cost of Goods Sold	586,000			3,348,000		3,934,000
	Total	$	536,000		$	3,348,000	$	3,884,000
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(1,000	)	$	32,000	$	31,000
nine months ended July 31, 2017	Cost of Goods Sold	(103,000		)	466,000		363,000
	Total	$	(104,000	)	$	498,000	$	394,000
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(50,000	)	$	—	$	(50,000	)
nine months ended July 31, 2016	Cost of Goods Sold	1,410,000			3,179,000		4,589,000
	Total	$	1,360,000		$	3,179,000	$	4,539,000

	Balance Sheet Classification	July 31, 2017			October 31, 2016
Futures and option contracts through July 2018
In gain position		$	437,000		$	157,000
In loss position		(4,000		)	(222,000		)
Cash held by broker		547,000			580,000
	Current Asset	$	980,000		$	515,000

As of July 31, 2017, the Company had the following approximate outstanding purchase and sale commitments, of which approximately $5,487,000 of the purchase commitments were with related parties.

	Commitments Through	Amount
Sale commitments
Corn Oil - fixed price	August 2018	$	1,076,000
Distiller Grains - fixed price	September 2018	2,021,000
Purchase commitments
Corn - fixed price	July 2018	$	10,058,000
Corn - basis contract	July 2018	22,849,000

As of July 31, 2017, the Company has fixed price futures and forward contracts in place for approximately 18% of our anticipated corn needs, 2% of our natural gas needs and none of our ethanol sales for the next 12 months with no open positions beyond that period.

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Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

Level 1: Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in active markets from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in less active dealer or broker markets. Valuations are obtained from third-party pricing services for identical or similar assets or liabilities.

Level 3: Valuations incorporate certain assumptions and projections in determining the fair value assigned to such assets or liabilities.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, including the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below.

Marketable Securities: The Company's investments in short-term liquid investments (e.g. mutual funds), are classified within Level 1, carried at fair value based on the quoted market prices.

Derivative financial instruments: Commodity futures and exchange-traded commodity options contracts are reported at fair value utilizing Level 1 inputs. For these contracts, the Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service. The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes and live trading levels from markets such as the CME and NYMEX.  Crush swaps are bundled contracts or combined contracts that include a portion of corn, ethanol and natural gas rolled into a single trading instrument. These contracts are reported at fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs and are based on the various trading activity of the components of each segment of the bundled contract.

The following table summarizes financial assets and financial liabilities measured at the approximate fair value on a recurring basis, segregated by the level of the valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value:

	Total			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3
Marketable securities:
Assets, July 31, 2017	$	18,496,000		$	18,496,000		$	—		$	—
Assets, October 31, 2016	13,036,000			13,036,000			—			—
Derivative financial instruments:
July 31, 2017
Assets	$	437,000		$	437,000		$	—		$	—
Liabilities	(4,000		)	—			(4,000		)	—
October 31, 2016
Assets	$	157,000		$	61,000		$	96,000		$	—
Liabilities	(222,000		)	(163,000		)	(59,000		)	—

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Investments

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Investments [Abstract]

Investments

INVESTMENTS

Condensed, combined unaudited financial information of the Company’s investments in Absolute Energy, Homeland Energy Solutions, Guardian Energy, Lawrenceville Tank and RPMG is as follows (in 000’s):

Balance Sheet	June 30, 2017		September 30, 2016
Current Assets	$	299,719	$	313,541
Other Assets	270,634		246,702
Current Liabilities	198,148		175,588
Long-term Debt	81,918		55,726
Members’ Equity	290,287		328,928
	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
Income Statement	2017		2016		2017		2016
Revenue	$	191,493	$	186,458	$	570,217	$	548,210
Gross Profit	21,127		25,377		76,509		61,465
Net Income	17,628		20,824		68,602		48,876

The Company recorded equity in net income of approximately (in 000's):

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
Equity in Net Income	2017		2016		2017		2016
Absolute Energy	$	437	$	223	$	1,728	$	1,046
Guardian Energy	—		853		1,652		3,074
Homeland Energy Solutions	503		697		1,996		1,314
Other	57		58		215		251
Total	$	997	$	1,831	$	5,591	$	5,685

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Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Accounting Estimates

Accounting Estimates

Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing these financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Those estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Equivalents

Cash and Equivalents

The Company's cash balances are maintained in bank depositories and regularly exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in connection with these balances. Also included in cash and equivalents are highly liquid investments, that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash, which are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value due to interest rate, quoted price or penalty on withdrawal and have a maturity of three months or less.

Marketable Securities

Marketable Securities

The Company determines the appropriate classification of its investments in debt and equity securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such determinations at each balance sheet date. Debt securities are classified as held to maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Held-to-maturity securities are recorded as either short term or long term on the Balance Sheet, based on contractual maturity date and are stated at cost. Marketable securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term are classified as trading securities and are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses recognized in earnings.

Marketable securities consist of certificates of deposits with original maturities of greater than three months and mutual funds. Certificates of deposit are considered held-to-maturity securities, which are measured at cost. Mutual funds are considered trading securities which are measured at fair value using prices obtained from pricing services. Any unrealized or realized gains and losses on the trading securities are recorded as part of other income.

Marketable securities consisted of mutual funds invested in intermediate-term municipal and government bonds and certificates of deposit all with maturities of less than one year. For the periods ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, there was no other-than-temporary impairment recognized. The Company recorded interest, dividends and net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from these investments as part of other income as follows:

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Net earnings on marketable securities	$	28,000	$	187,000	$	134,000	$	390,000
	Marketable Securities
As of	Cost		Fair Market Value		Certificates of Deposit
July 31, 2017	$	18,562,000	$	18,496,000	$	1,750,000
October 31, 2016	$	12,967,000	$	13,036,000	$	2,750,000

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable

Credit sales are made primarily to one customer and no collateral is required. The Company carries these accounts receivable at original invoice amount with no allowance for doubtful accounts due to the historical collection rates on these accounts.

Investments

Investments

The Company has less than a 20% investment interest in five companies in related industries. These investments are being accounted for by the equity method of accounting under which the Company's share of net income is recognized as income in the Company's statement of operations and added to the investment account. Distributions or dividends received from the investments are treated as a reduction of the investment account. Distributions or dividends received in excess of the carrying value are recognized as income in the statement of operations. The investments are evaluated for indications of impairment on a regular basis. A loss would be recognized when the fair value is determined to be less than the carrying value.

The fiscal years of Renewable Products Marketing Group, LLC (RPMG) and Guardian Energy Janesville, LLC end on September 30 and the fiscal years of Absolute Energy, LLC, Homeland Energy Solutions, LLC and Lawrenceville Tank, LLC, end on December 31. The Company consistently follows the practice of recognizing the net income based on the most recent reliable data. Therefore, the net income which is reported in the Company's statement of operations for the period ended July 31, 2017, for all companies, is based on the investee's results for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017.

Note Receivable

Note Receivable

The Company has a note receivable from an unrelated party. The Company carries the note at original face value plus accrued interest which is equal to 6% as of July 31, 2017 and is compounded monthly. The note commenced in December 2014 with a face value of $510,000 and has a maturity of 5 years. Annual payments are to begin in September 2018. Balance of the note receivable, including accrued interest, as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016 was approximately $592,000 and $566,000, respectively.

Revenue and Cost Recognition

Revenue and Cost Recognition

Revenue from the sale of the Company's products is recognized at the time title to the goods and all risks of ownership transfer to the customers.  This generally occurs upon shipment, loading of the goods or when the customer picks up the goods. Collectability of revenue is reasonably assured based on historical evidence of collectability between the Company and its customers. Interest income is recognized as earned.

Shipping costs incurred by the Company in the sale of ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil are not specifically identifiable and as a result, revenue from the sale of ethanol, distiller grains and corn oil are recorded based on the net selling price reported to the Company from its marketer. Railcar lease costs incurred by the Company in the sale and shipment of distiller grain products are included in cost of goods sold.

Inventory

Inventory

Inventories are generally valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value.  In the valuation of inventories and purchase commitments, net realizable value is defined as estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less reasonable predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation.

Property and Equipment

Property & Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at historical cost. Significant additions and betterments are capitalized, while expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations when incurred. The Company uses the straight-line method of computing depreciation over the estimated useful lives between 3 and 40 years.

The Company reviews its property and equipment for impairment whenever events indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset group to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by an asset group to the carrying value of the asset group. If the carrying value of the asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

Investment in commodities contracts, derivative instruments and hedging activities

Investment in commodities contracts, derivative instruments and hedging activities

The Company evaluates its contracts to determine whether the contracts are derivative instruments. Certain contracts that meet the definition of a derivative may be exempted from derivative accounting and treated as normal purchases or normal sales if documented as such. Normal purchases and normal sales are contracts that provide for the purchase or sale of something other than a financial instrument or derivative instrument that will be delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold over a reasonable period in the normal course of business.

The Company enters into short-term cash, option and futures contracts as a means of securing corn and natural gas for the ethanol plant and managing exposure to changes in commodity and energy prices. The Company occasionally also enters into derivative contracts to hedge its exposure to price risk as it relates to ethanol sales. As part of its risk management process, the Company uses futures and option contracts through regulated commodity exchanges or through the over-the-counter market to manage its risk related to pricing of inventories. All of the Company's derivatives, other than those excluded under the normal purchases and sales exclusion, are designated as non-hedge derivatives, with changes in fair value recognized in net income. Although the contracts are economic hedges of specified risks, they are not designated or accounted for as hedging instruments.

Realized and unrealized gains and losses related to derivative contracts related to corn and natural gas are included as a component of cost of goods sold and derivative contracts related to ethanol are included as a component of revenues in the accompanying financial statements. The fair values of contracts are presented on the accompanying balance sheet as derivative instruments net of cash due from/to broker.

Net income per unit

Net income per unit

Basic and diluted earnings per unit are computed using the weighted-average number of Class A and B units outstanding during the period.

Fair Value

Fair Value

Financial instruments include cash and equivalents, marketable securities, receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and derivative instruments. The fair value of marketable securities and derivative financial instruments is based on quoted market prices, as disclosed in Note 7. The fair value, determined using level 3 inputs, of all other current financial instruments is estimated to approximate carrying value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Risks and Uncertainties

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company has certain risks and uncertainties that it will experience during volatile market conditions, which can have a severe impact on operations. The Company's revenues are derived from the sale and distribution of ethanol and distiller grains to customers primarily located in the United States. Corn for the production process is supplied to the plant primarily from local agricultural producers and from purchases on the open market. For the three months ended July 31, 2017, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 84% of total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 11% of total revenue and corn oil sales accounted for approximately 5% of total revenue while corn costs averaged approximately 74% of cost of goods sold. For the nine months ended July 31, 2017, ethanol sales accounted for approximately 84% of total revenue, distiller grains sales accounted for approximately 12% of total revenues and corn oil sales account of approximately 4% of total revenue while corn costs averaged approximately 76% of cost of goods sold.

The Company's operating and financial performance is largely driven by the prices at which ethanol is sold and the net expense of corn. The price of ethanol is influenced by factors such as supply and demand, weather, government policies and programs, and unleaded gasoline and the petroleum markets with ethanol selling, in general, for less than gasoline at the wholesale level. Excess ethanol supply in the market, in particular, puts downward pressure on the price of ethanol. The Company's largest cost of production is corn. The cost of corn is generally impacted by factors such as supply and demand, weather, and government policies and programs. The Company's risk management program is used to protect against the price volatility of these commodities.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09,"Revenue from Contracts with Customers". The ASU supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in "Accounting Standard Codification 605 - Revenue Recognition" and most industry-specific guidance. The standard requires that entities recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which a company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and for interim periods within that fiscal year. Although early application as of the original date is permitted, we expect to adopt ASU No. 2014-09 and the related ASUs during our fiscal year beginning November 1, 2018. We are evaluating the effect this guidance will have on our financial statements, including potential impacts on the timing of revenue recognition and additional information that may be necessary for expanded disclosures regarding revenue beginning in our 2019 fiscal year.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Marketable Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Marketable Securities [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Net earnings on marketable securities	$	28,000	$	187,000	$	134,000	$	390,000
	Marketable Securities
As of	Cost		Fair Market Value		Certificates of Deposit
July 31, 2017	$	18,562,000	$	18,496,000	$	1,750,000
October 31, 2016	$	12,967,000	$	13,036,000	$	2,750,000

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Inventory (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Inventory [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory

	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
Raw Materials	$	2,662,854	$	3,808,935
Work in Process	1,202,667		1,170,767
Finished Goods	1,254,277		1,925,982
Totals	$	5,119,798	$	6,905,684

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Commitments, Contingencies and Agreements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Commitments, Contingencies and Agreements [Abstract]

Schedule of Related Party Transactions

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Sales ethanol, distiller grains & corn oil	$	49,892,000	$	48,808,000	$	157,132,000	$	149,319,000
Marketing fees	132,000		115,000		379,000		334,000
As of	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
Amount due from RPMG	$	7,093,000	$	6,202,000

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Risk Management (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Risk Management [Abstract]

Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance

	Income Statement Classification	Realized Gain (Loss)			Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss)		Total Gain (Loss)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	—		$	—	$	—
three months ended July 31, 2017	Cost of Goods Sold	(307,000		)	268,000		(39,000		)
	Total	$	(307,000	)	$	268,000	$	(39,000	)
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(50,000	)	$	—	$	(50,000	)
three months ended July 31, 2016	Cost of Goods Sold	586,000			3,348,000		3,934,000
	Total	$	536,000		$	3,348,000	$	3,884,000
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(1,000	)	$	32,000	$	31,000
nine months ended July 31, 2017	Cost of Goods Sold	(103,000		)	466,000		363,000
	Total	$	(104,000	)	$	498,000	$	394,000
Commodity Contracts for the	Revenue	$	(50,000	)	$	—	$	(50,000	)
nine months ended July 31, 2016	Cost of Goods Sold	1,410,000			3,179,000		4,589,000
	Total	$	1,360,000		$	3,179,000	$	4,539,000

Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value

	Balance Sheet Classification	July 31, 2017			October 31, 2016
Futures and option contracts through July 2018
In gain position		$	437,000		$	157,000
In loss position		(4,000		)	(222,000		)
Cash held by broker		547,000			580,000
	Current Asset	$	980,000		$	515,000

Long-term Purchase Commitment

	Commitments Through	Amount
Sale commitments
Corn Oil - fixed price	August 2018	$	1,076,000
Distiller Grains - fixed price	September 2018	2,021,000
Purchase commitments
Corn - fixed price	July 2018	$	10,058,000
Corn - basis contract	July 2018	22,849,000

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis

	Total			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3
Marketable securities:
Assets, July 31, 2017	$	18,496,000		$	18,496,000		$	—		$	—
Assets, October 31, 2016	13,036,000			13,036,000			—			—
Derivative financial instruments:
July 31, 2017
Assets	$	437,000		$	437,000		$	—		$	—
Liabilities	(4,000		)	—			(4,000		)	—
October 31, 2016
Assets	$	157,000		$	61,000		$	96,000		$	—
Liabilities	(222,000		)	(163,000		)	(59,000		)	—

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Investments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Investments [Abstract]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments

Balance Sheet	June 30, 2017		September 30, 2016
Current Assets	$	299,719	$	313,541
Other Assets	270,634		246,702
Current Liabilities	198,148		175,588
Long-term Debt	81,918		55,726
Members’ Equity	290,287		328,928
	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
Income Statement	2017		2016		2017		2016
Revenue	$	191,493	$	186,458	$	570,217	$	548,210
Gross Profit	21,127		25,377		76,509		61,465
Net Income	17,628		20,824		68,602		48,876

The Company recorded equity in net income of approximately (in 000's):

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
Equity in Net Income	2017		2016		2017		2016
Absolute Energy	$	437	$	223	$	1,728	$	1,046
Guardian Energy	—		853		1,652		3,074
Homeland Energy Solutions	503		697		1,996		1,314
Other	57		58		215		251
Total	$	997	$	1,831	$	5,591	$	5,685

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Production (Details) gal in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017 gal
Product Information [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments, Number of Entities	5
Ethanol [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Annual Production Capacity	120

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Property and Equipment (Details) - Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017
Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	3
Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	40

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Concentration Risk (Details)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2017
Sales Revenue, Product Line [Member] | Ethanol [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	84.00%	84.00%
Sales Revenue, Product Line [Member] | Distillers Grains [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	11.00%	12.00%
Sales Revenue, Product Line [Member] | Corn Oil [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	5.00%	4.00%
Cost of Goods, Total [Member] | Corn [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	74.33915%	76.00%

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Note Receivable (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Receivable with Imputed Interest, Effective Yield (Interest Rate)	6.00%
Receivable with Imputed Interest, Face Amount	$ 510,000
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term	5 years
Notes Receivable, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 592,000	$ 566,000

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Marketable Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Marketable Securities, Realized Gain (Loss)	$ 28		$ 134
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gain (Loss)		$ 187		$ 390
Marketable Securities	18,496		18,496		$ 13,036
Certificates of Deposit, at Carrying Value	1,750		1,750		2,750
Mutual Fund [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Marketable Securities	$ 18,562		$ 18,562		$ 12,967

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Inventory (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Inventory [Abstract]
Raw Materials	$ 2,662,854	$ 3,808,935
Work in Process	1,202,667	1,170,767
Finished Goods	1,254,277	1,925,982
Inventory	$ 5,119,798	$ 6,905,684

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Bank Financing Long Term Debt (Details) - Farm Credit Services of America [Member] - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 35,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	3.15%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	4.38%
Long-term Debt		$ 0
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount	$ 10,000,000

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Related Party Transactions (Details) - Director [Member] - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Purchases from Related Party	$ 5,611,000	$ 7,510,000	$ 24,991,000	$ 55,312,000
Related Party Transaction, Due from (to) Related Party	$ 364,000		$ 364,000		$ 518,000

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Commitments, Contingencies and Agreements (Details) - Investee [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties	$ 49,892	$ 48,808	$ 157,132	$ 149,319
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party	132	$ 115	379	$ 334
Related Party Transaction, Due from (to) Related Party	$ 7,093		$ 7,093		$ 6,202

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Risk Management Derivative Instruments - Income Statement (Details) - Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] - Commodity Contract [Member] - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Unrealized Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	$ 268,000	$ 3,348,000	$ 498,000	$ 3,179,000
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	(39,000)	3,884,000	394,000	4,539,000
Derivative Instruments, Realized Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	(307,000)	536,000	(104,000)	1,360,000
Sales [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Unrealized Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	0	0	32,000	0
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	0	(50,000)	31,000	(50,000)
Derivative Instruments, Realized Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	0	(50,000)	(1,000)	(50,000)
Cost of Sales [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Unrealized Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	268,000	3,348,000	466,000	3,179,000
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	(39,000)	3,934,000	363,000	4,589,000
Derivative Instruments, Realized Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income, Net	$ (307,000)	$ 586,000	$ (103,000)	$ 1,410,000

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Risk Management Derivative Instruments - Balance Sheet Location (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments and Hedges, Assets	$ 980,449	$ 514,878
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Commodity Contract [Member] | Other Noncurrent Assets [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Commodity Contract Asset, Noncurrent	437,000	157,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Commodity Contract [Member] | Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Commodity Contract Asset, Noncurrent	4,000	222,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Commodity Contract [Member] | Other Current Assets [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Good Faith and Margin Deposits with Broker-Dealers	547,000	580,000
Derivative Instruments and Hedges, Assets	$ 980,000	$ 515,000

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Risk Management Long Term Purchase Commitments (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Basis Contract [Member] | Corn [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Purchase Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed	$ 22,849
Fixed Price [Member] | Corn Oil [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Supply Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed	1,076
Fixed Price [Member] | Distillers Grains [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Supply Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed	2,021
Fixed Price [Member] | Corn [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Purchase Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed	$ 10,058
Ethanol [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Product usage, percentage	0.00%
Natural Gas [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Product usage, percentage	2.00%
Corn [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Product usage, percentage	18.00%
Affiliated Entity [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation	$ 5,487

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Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Marketable Securities	$ 18,496,000	$ 13,036,000
Commodity Contract [Member] | Other Current Assets [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Marketable Securities	18,496,000	13,036,000
Derivative Asset, Current	437,000	157,000
Commodity Contract [Member] | Other Current Assets [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Marketable Securities	18,496,000	13,036,000
Derivative Asset, Current	437,000	61,000
Commodity Contract [Member] | Other Current Assets [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Marketable Securities	0	0
Derivative Asset, Current	0	96,000
Commodity Contract [Member] | Other Current Assets [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Marketable Securities	0	0
Derivative Asset, Current	0	0
Commodity Contract [Member] | Liability [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Current	(4,000)	(222,000)
Commodity Contract [Member] | Liability [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Current	0	(163,000)
Commodity Contract [Member] | Liability [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Current	(4,000)	(59,000)
Commodity Contract [Member] | Liability [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Current	$ 0	$ 0

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Investments (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Current Assets									$ 299,719,000	$ 313,541,000
Equity Method Investment, Other Assets									270,634,000	246,702,000
Equity Method Investment, Current Liabilities									198,148,000	175,588,000
Equity Method Investment, Long-term Debt									81,918,000	55,726,000
Equity Method Investment, Members' Equity									$ 290,287,000	$ 328,928,000
Equity Method Investment, Revenue		$ 191,493,000		$ 186,458,000	$ 570,217	$ 548,210
Equity Method Investment, Gross Profit		21,127,000		25,377,000	76,509	61,465
Equity Method Investment, Summarized Financial Information, Net Income (Loss)		$ 17,628,000		$ 20,824,000	$ 68,602	$ 48,876
Equity Method Investment, Net Income	$ 997,000		$ 1,831,000				$ 5,591,000	$ 5,685,000
Absolute Energy [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Net Income	437,000		223,000				1,728,000	1,046,000
Guardian Energy [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Net Income	0		853,000				1,652,000	3,074,000
Homeland Energy Solutions [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Net Income	503,000		697,000				1,996,000	1,314,000
Other Investee [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Net Income	$ 57,000		$ 58,000				$ 215,000	$ 251,000