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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Dec 20
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5125–9.7725/bu+0.02−28–−2¢/BuMarch (H)12.8142
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3950–9.7750/bu+0.12−35–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5208
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7725–9.7925/bu+0.13−2–0¢/BuMarch (H)12.9788
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.6150/bu+0.12−20–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6575
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.6800/bu+0.13−22–−20¢/BuMay (K)12.8908

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3125–4.4725/bu+0.06−15–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.5792
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.2925/bu+0.06−35–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4367
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3125–4.4125/bu+0.06−15–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.6856
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.3025/bu+0.06−25–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.4300
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.3475/bu+0.06−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.6308
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.