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USDA AgTransport data for the week ending November 7, 2026 show Ohio Olmsted lock recorded 1,563 barge movements, the highest among the listed locks, followed by Miss Locks 27 with 1,260 and Ark Lock 1 with 189. Downbound grain loaded traffic was 155 barges at Ohio Olmsted and 413 at Miss Locks 27.
Weekly lock counts show the pace of grain barge flows on the Ohio and Mississippi, which feeds into basis and freight conditions. A single week's movements carry limited price signal on their own.
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.