Golden Grain Energy (GGELU) 10-K 2011 Q4 Annual report

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 annual report on Form 10-K of Golden Grain Energy, LLC (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Walter Wendland, Chief Executive 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/ Walter Wendland
	Walter Wendland
	President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated:	December 23, 2011