The physical export flow. Everything the Upper Mississippi and Illinois send to the Gulf passes this lock, so the count is the quantity behind the barge rate and the leading edge of Gulf elevator loadings a fortnight later.
30 days to 4 Oct 2026 · 113.00 barges to 192.00 barges
This page shows the last 30 days. Grain barges through Locks 27 has 163 readings in the warehouse, back to 12 Aug 2023. A plan opens the rest of it, with CSV export and the analyst.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service
Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Agricultural Transportation Open Data Platform, agtransport.usda.gov. Barge movement counts collected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Weekly count of loaded grain barges passing southbound through Mississippi Locks 27 at Granite City, the last lock on the Mississippi. Everything the Upper Mississippi and Illinois send to the Gulf passes here.
Informational research only. Nothing here is personalised investment advice.