# Grain Transportation Report, January 11, 2024

> Port of Duluth-Superior finished its longest navigation season on record. Average secondary railcar bids were $79 per car above tariff for January shuttle loading, and barged grain movements totaled 390,050 tons for the week ending January 6. US average diesel fell 4.8 cents to $3.828 per gallon, 72.1 cents below a year earlier.

- Date: 2024-01-11 · published 2024-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16576-grain-transportation-report-january-11-2024
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower diesel costs and steady barge and rail movements ease freight expenses for grain shipments, a mildly bearish factor for delivered feed grain costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: neutral
- DIESEL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-11 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 11, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30926-grain-transportation-report-april-11-2024.md) | -0.4% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2024-02-15 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 15, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16561-grain-transportation-report-february-15-2024.md) | +0.3% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2024-08-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, August 1, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28759-grain-transportation-report-august-1-2024.md) | -0.1% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2021-06-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 24, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46468-grain-transportation-report-june-24-2021.md) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2022-05-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 19, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41438-grain-transportation-report-may-19-2022.md) | -0.6% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2024-04-11 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 11, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30926-grain-transportation-report-april-11-2024.md) | -1.3% | +4.1% |
| SOY | 2021-06-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 24, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46468-grain-transportation-report-june-24-2021.md) | +1.9% | -11.3% |
| SOY | 2024-12-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, December 19, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16488-grain-transportation-report-december-19-2024.md) | +3.8% | +8.6% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.01-11-2024

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