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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Jan 16
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.1600/bu+0.23−21–−3¢/BuMarch (H)11.9175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8400–9.9700/bu+0.19−35–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.7317
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0700/bu+0.24−12¢/BuMarch (H)12.0681
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–9.9400/bu+0.24−30–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.8125
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0050–10.0450/bu+0.26−31–−27¢/BuMay (K)11.9525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.6850/bu+0.04−20–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.2967
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.4650/bu+0.05−29–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.2867
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6250–4.6550/bu+0.04−12–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.3850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650–4.4950/bu+0.04−28–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.2367
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.5600/bu+0.07−30–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.3100
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.