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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Feb 26
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9450–10.1850/bu+0.07−30–−6¢/BuMarch (H)11.2750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950–10.1350/bu+0.02−35–−11¢/BuMarch (H)11.1742
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1050/bu+0.07−14¢/BuMarch (H)11.3069
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9450/bu+0.07−30¢/BuMarch (H)11.2100
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0325–10.0725/bu+0.08−38–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.2192

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.6625/bu+0.02−35–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.0442
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.4825/bu+0.02−38–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.0133
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6625–4.6825/bu+0.02−12–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1094
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325/bu+0.02−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0525
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5850–4.6350/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.0483
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.