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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Feb 20
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1450–10.3550/bu+0.13−31–−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.3633
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0050–10.3050/bu+0.14−45–−15¢/BuMarch (H)11.2708
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3150/bu+0.14−14¢/BuMarch (H)11.3906
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1550/bu+0.14−30¢/BuMarch (H)11.3242
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2100–10.2900/bu+0.15−42–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.2750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6300–4.9200/bu+0.01−35–−6¢/BuMarch (H)3.9250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.6800/bu+0.01−38–−30¢/BuMarch (H)3.8933
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8600–4.8800/bu+0.01−12–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0038
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7300/bu+0.01−25¢/BuMarch (H)3.9650
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7775–4.8275/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuMay (K)3.9183
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.