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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Jan 29
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2550–10.5350/bu+0.11−35–−7¢/BuMarch (H)12.0742
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1450–10.3750/bu+0.15−46–−23¢/BuMarch (H)11.8358
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4550–10.4650/bu+0.15−15–−14¢/BuMarch (H)12.1588
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2850–10.3050/bu+0.16−32–−30¢/BuMarch (H)11.9000
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3925–10.4725/bu+0.11−36–−28¢/BuMay (K)12.0508

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–4.9200/bu+0.01−35–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.3200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.6700/bu+0.07−39–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3092
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8600–4.8800/bu+0.12−11–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.4444
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6900–4.7200/bu+0.12−28–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.2825
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7750–4.7950/bu+0.12−30–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.3517
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.