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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Aug 18
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.9875–3.1975/bu+0.03−43–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1100–3.2000/bu+0.04−16–−7¢/BuSeptember (U)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1775–3.1875/bu+0.04−24–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2000–3.2300/bu+0.05−7–−4¢/BuSeptember (U)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.9775–2.9875/bu+0.03−44–−43¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0200–3.0300/bu+0.04−25–−24¢/BuSeptember (U)—

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.7775–8.9175/bu+0.03−36–−22¢/BuNovember (X)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1375–9.2175/bu+0.010–+8¢/BuNovember (X)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9375–8.9975/bu+0.02−20–−14¢/BuNovember (X)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1975–9.2475/bu+0.02+6–+11¢/BuNovember (X)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8175–8.8375/bu+0.02−32–−30¢/BuNovember (X)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9875–8.9975/bu+0.03−15–−14¢/BuNovember (X)—
Source: USDA AMS · Minneapolis, MN. Bids are what buyers offered on the day USDA collected them, not settled trades. Change and year-ago figures are USDA's own — nothing on this page is recomputed, and prices in different units are never averaged together.