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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Oct 18
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0500–13.1425/bu+0.11−35–−37¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7500–12.8700/bu+0.23−36–−24¢/BuNovember (X)12.9583
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1700–13.3125/bu+0.11−23–−20¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7600–12.9100/bu+0.14−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)12.9750
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.2125–13.2625/bu+0.10−30–−25¢/BuMay (K)13.5308
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6100–12.7300/bu+0.14−50–−38¢/BuNovember (X)13.1750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–4.9350/bu+0.03−26–−13¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.7000/bu+0.03−32–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)6.3492
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9450–5.0350/bu+0.03−12–−11¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–4.7500/bu+0.03−30–−17¢/BuDecember (Z)6.2950
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7950–4.9450/bu+0.03−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)6.6467
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.5900/bu+0.03−35–−33¢/BuDecember (Z)6.4458
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.