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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, 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 #1Delivered9.3625–9.5425/bu+0.26−17–+1¢/BuMarch (H)12.9008
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1675–9.5375/bu+0.23−35–+2¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6125
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5325/bu+0.260¢/BuMarch (H)13.0725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.3875/bu+0.25−20–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7425
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3950/bu+0.26−22¢/BuMay (K)12.9908

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.3825/bu+0.06−15–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.5467
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.2425/bu+0.06−35–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.3225/bu+0.06−15–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.6706
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2325/bu+0.06−25–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.3975
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.2675/bu+0.06−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.5983
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.