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The USDA AgTransport weekly barge rate bundle for the report date of Oct. 27 lists per-ton downbound rates across the Mississippi system, with Cairo-Memphis at 481.25 and St. Louis at 564.06 in tariff series.
Per-ton rates range from about 11.89 at Yellowbend to 48.41 at La Crosse-Minneapolis.
This is a routine rate data release showing freight levels across the river system with no new driver, so it has limited direct effect on grain price direction.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.