# Grain Transportation Report, May 3, 2018

> The USDA Grain Transportation Report shows average secondary railcar bids reached $600 above tariff for the week ending April 26, and weekly grain carloads were 30 percent above the three-year average. Export inspections of soybeans rose 33 percent while wheat inspections fell 42 percent.

- Date: 2018-05-03 · published 2018-05-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64904-grain-transportation-report-may-3-2018
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Strong rail demand and service constraints lift freight premiums, which raises delivered costs for export-bound grain and supports Pacific Northwest basis.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-03-04 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 4, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48010-grain-transportation-report-march-4-2021.md) | +0.1% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 2025-07-24 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 24, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16932-grain-transportation-report-july-24-2025.md) | -3.8% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2019-10-17 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 17, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56458-grain-transportation-report-october-17-2019.md) | +0.6% | -2.7% |
| SOY | 2019-02-28 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 28, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60480-grain-transportation-report-february-28-2019.md) | -1.5% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2019-11-27 | [Grain Transportation Report, November 28, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55921-grain-transportation-report-november-28-2019.md) | -0.7% | +6.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-11 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 11, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14842-grain-transportation-report-may-11-2023.md) | -1.1% | -7.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-03 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 3, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14947-grain-transportation-report-march-3-2022.md) | +4.9% | +19.4% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 21, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16559-grain-transportation-report-march-21-2024.md) | +0.9% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.05-03-2018

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