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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Feb 21
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0850–10.3250/bu+0.06−31–−7¢/BuMarch (H)11.2392
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.2750/bu+0.01−40–−12¢/BuMarch (H)11.1233
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2550/bu+0.06−14¢/BuMarch (H)11.2731
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950/bu+0.06−30¢/BuMarch (H)11.1767
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1525–10.2325/bu+0.06−42–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.1675

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5625–4.8425/bu+0.07−35–−7¢/BuMarch (H)3.8800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.6125/bu+0.07−38–−30¢/BuMarch (H)3.8375
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7925–4.8125/bu+0.07−12–−10¢/BuMarch (H)3.9481
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6625/bu+0.07−25¢/BuMarch (H)3.9075
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7000–4.7500/bu+0.08−35–−30¢/BuMay (K)3.8783
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.