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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Dec 18
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0500–13.2200/bu+0.09−35–−18¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7200–13.0100/bu+0.11−55–−26¢/BuJanuary (F)14.2708
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.2000–13.4175/bu+0.09−20–−9¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8700–13.0300/bu+0.11−40–−24¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3575
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1575–13.2775/bu+0.08−35–−23¢/BuMay (K)14.3558

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5100–4.7100/bu+0.06−26–−6¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.6000/bu+0.06−40–−17¢/BuMarch (H)6.2625
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6500–4.7750/bu+0.06−12¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200–4.4700/bu+0.06−35–−30¢/BuMarch (H)6.2675
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5950–4.7150/bu+0.06−30–−18¢/BuMay (K)6.3100
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.