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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Dec 26
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8025–9.9825/bu+0.33−17–+1¢/BuMarch (H)12.8750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6000–9.6400/bu+0.26−28–−24¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6167
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9525–9.9725/bu+0.22−2–0¢/BuMarch (H)13.0288
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6800–9.7500/bu+0.19−20–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7125
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–9.8750/bu+0.24−22–−20¢/BuMay (K)12.9383

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.5475/bu+0.06−15–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.6067
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.3975/bu+0.12−29–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.4525
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.4875/bu+0.06−15–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.6944
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.3575/bu+0.06−25–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.4425
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.4350/bu+0.07−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.6383
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.