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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Dec 17
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–9.7975/bu+0.07−17–+1¢/BuMarch (H)12.9667
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3975–9.7775/bu+0.05−37–+1¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6717
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875/bu+0.180¢/BuMarch (H)13.1313
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.6375/bu+0.05−20–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7850
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6525/bu+0.04−22¢/BuMay (K)13.0533

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.4350/bu+0.02−15–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.5858
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.3050/bu+0.02−35–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4442
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.3850/bu+0.02−15–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.6863
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.2950/bu+0.02−25–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.4108
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3300/bu+0.00−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.6258
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.