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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Jan 28
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1500–10.3800/bu+0.06−30–−7¢/BuMarch (H)12.0408
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.1600/bu+0.05−45–−29¢/BuMarch (H)11.8008
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3100–10.3300/bu+0.02−14–−12¢/BuMarch (H)12.1125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1300–10.1500/bu+0.02−32–−30¢/BuMarch (H)11.8650
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2850–10.3150/bu+0.01−31–−28¢/BuMay (K)12.0008

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6325–4.8025/bu+0.03−22–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.3275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.5525/bu+0.03−34–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7425–4.7625/bu+0.03−11–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.4450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5725–4.6025/bu+0.03−28–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.2775
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600–4.6800/bu+0.04−30–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.3542
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.