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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Feb 27
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.1775/bu+0.02−30–−5¢/BuMarch (H)11.2292
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9875–10.1075/bu+0.09−24–−12¢/BuMarch (H)11.1308
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0875/bu+0.02−14¢/BuMarch (H)11.2888
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275/bu+0.02−30¢/BuMarch (H)11.1592
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.0325/bu+0.04−38–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.1908

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475–4.5800/bu+0.02−20–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.0592
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200–4.4600/bu+0.02−39–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.0333
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5275–4.5475/bu+0.14−12–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1231
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975/bu+0.14−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0925
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4600–4.5100/bu+0.13−35–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.0583
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.