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SiteCheck Trade & Energy – Mississippi Barge Rates
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SiteCheck Trade & Energy – Mississippi Barge Rates is a paid API for AI agents from api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).
Returns weekly downbound grain barge rates on the Upper Mississippi River (Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cairo-Memphis, and two additional rate columns) from the USDA/BTS dataset, covering data through November 2023.
Price / call$0.002
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How this service works
Pay-per-call logistics, shipping, trade and energy data tools for AI agents, from official and public sources. Payment: x402, USDC on Base, Solana, Arc, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad, World Chain, Optimism, Avalanche, Celo or Stellar, or RLUSD/XRP on the XRP Ledger. No signup, no API key; a failed call is not charged.
Output
A JSON object containing an array of weekly rows, each with a week date, Cincinnati rate, St. Louis rate, Cairo-Memphis rate, and two additional rate columns (rate and rate1/rate3). Also includes the source URL (data.bts.gov), the timestamp of the last check, and the date the dataset ends (2023-11-21). Units are not specified in the source dataset.
Example use cases
Grain logistics cost tracking
“Show me the past 12 weeks of downbound grain barge rates on the Upper Mississippi — specifically the St. Louis and Cincinnati columns — so I can track how freight costs have moved recently.”
Agricultural supply chain analysis
“Get me the most recent 4 weeks of USDA barge rate data for the Upper Mississippi, including the Cairo-Memphis rate, so I can compare it against our rail shipping costs.”
Historical freight rate research
“I need the full 52 weeks of available downbound Mississippi River barge rate data from the BTS dataset — all five rate columns — for a logistics research report.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev/api/logistics/mississippi-barge-rates?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need structured weekly grain barge rate data for the Upper Mississippi River segmented by key port locations (Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cairo-Memphis) from the official USDA/BTS dataset. Ideal for logistics cost analysis, agricultural supply chain research, or historical freight benchmarking through November 2023. Not suitable if you need real-time or post-November-2023 barge rates, draft data, or lock-status information.
Side effects
- Dataset is static and ends November 2023 — no data beyond that date will be returned
- Units are not stated in the source dataset, so numeric values may require domain knowledge to interpret
- Requesting more weeks than available in the dataset will return only available rows
- Invalid 'weeks' parameter values outside 1–52 may produce errors or unexpected results
- Upstream BTS data source unavailability may cause stale or failed responses
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"rows": [
{
"rate": 359,
"week": "2023-11-21",
"rate1": 477,
"rate3": 393,
"stLouisRate": 15.69,
"cincinnatiRate": 22.37,
"cairoMemphisRate": 11.28
},
{
"rate": 396,
"week": "2023-11-14",
"rate1": 611,
"rate3": 446,
"stLouisRate": 17.79,
"cincinnatiRate": 28.66,
"cairoMemphisRate": 12.44
}
],
"source": "https://data.bts.gov/resource/t48m-82hq.json",
"checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:38:02.430Z",
"dataEndsOn": "2023-11-21"
}
}Tags
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