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The USDA AgTransport weekly bundle, with a report date of November 3, 2026, lists downbound grain barge tariff rates across the Mississippi River System for week 44. Twin Cities had the highest quoted rate at 768, while Cairo-Memphis had the lowest at 452.5.
Per-ton segment rates decline steadily from north to south.
Barge freight costs set the delivered price gap between Corn Belt origins and Gulf export terminals, so the north-to-south spread shapes which origins can compete for export business. The report shows the cost structure but no clear directional change.
indexbox.ioNov 5, 2026Not 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.
