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Downbound Mississippi grain barge rates were 29% below the five-year seasonal average as of Oct. 18.
St. Louis rates fell $1.42 to $28.86 per ton after fall rains stabilized river levels and eased low-water restrictions, with ample empty barges available. Rates also fell south of Cairo.
Lower freight costs improve interior-to-Gulf economics, increasing competition for supplies between exporters and processors and potentially shifting DDGS availability and prices.
waterwaysjournal.netWaterways JournalOct 23, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 284 past neutral logistics events, Corn moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.4%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
