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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, May 3
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4100–11.6100/bu+0.13−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)12.2500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9200–12.0800/bu+0.16−23–−7¢/BuJuly (N)14.3983
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5100–11.5600/bu+0.13−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)12.3875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0300/bu+0.16−12¢/BuJuly (N)14.4100
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3600–11.5100/bu+0.13−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.1333
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9100–11.9500/bu+0.21−24–−20¢/BuJuly (N)14.2817

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.5475/bu+0.03−50–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9642
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3725–4.5525/bu+0.04−23–−5¢/BuJuly (N)6.3183
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.5275/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0308
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.5225/bu+0.01−9–−8¢/BuJuly (N)6.1544
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.3575/bu+0.03−50–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.4425/bu+0.01−19–−16¢/BuJuly (N)6.0283
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.