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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, 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 #1Delivered9.6125–9.8025/bu+0.14−35–−16¢/BuMarch (H)13.0367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3500–9.5000/bu+0.19−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)12.7525
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7125–9.7625/bu+0.14−25–−20¢/BuMarch (H)13.1650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4000/bu+0.19−30¢/BuNovember (X)12.8025
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–9.8800/bu+0.13−30–−23¢/BuMay (K)13.1733
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3000/bu+0.14−40¢/BuNovember (X)12.6725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.1600/bu+0.03−15–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.9150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5975–3.7575/bu+0.03−45–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7350
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400–4.1400/bu+0.02−25–−5¢/BuMarch (H)5.0013
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–3.7075/bu+0.02−36–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7800
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.0950/bu+0.02−28–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.9150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6275/bu+0.04−42¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6350
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.