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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Jan 7
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300–4.5500/bu+0.00−15–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.4000/bu+0.05−23–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3658
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5100–4.5300/bu+0.00−7–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.5494
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300–4.4400/bu+0.00−25–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.3458
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575–4.4875/bu+0.01−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.4750

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8025–9.9825/bu+0.01−17–+1¢/BuMarch (H)12.2525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–9.8125/bu+0.01−30–−16¢/BuMarch (H)12.0483
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9325–9.9425/bu+0.01−4–−3¢/BuMarch (H)12.4044
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–9.7425/bu+0.01−30–−23¢/BuMarch (H)12.1475
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–9.8775/bu+0.02−23–−20¢/BuMay (K)12.2975
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.