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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Jan 3
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7475–9.9275/bu+0.20−17–+1¢/BuMarch (H)12.3225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5700–9.7575/bu+0.19−24–−16¢/BuJanuary (F)12.1258
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.8875/bu+0.20−4–−3¢/BuMarch (H)12.4650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–9.6875/bu+0.20−30–−23¢/BuMarch (H)12.2238
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–9.8375/bu+0.21−22–−20¢/BuMay (K)12.3525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4775/bu+0.09−15–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275/bu+0.09−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3808
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4375–4.4575/bu+0.09−7–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.5663
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.3675/bu+0.16−25–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.3575
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–4.4125/bu+0.09−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.4925
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.