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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Mar 4
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4400–9.7100/bu+0.40−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350/bu—−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.7900/bu+0.13−33–−20¢/BuMay (K)11.2700
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–9.8300/bu+0.13−18–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5850–9.6750/bu—−45–−36¢/BuNovember (X)10.9925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5400–9.7400/bu+0.30−45–−25¢/BuMay (K)11.3375
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6100–9.6500/bu+0.13−38–−34¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5350–9.5850/bu—−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.8925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.3250/bu+0.03−12–−19¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.1675/bu—−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2658
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.2550/bu+0.05−38–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.0333
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950/bu+0.05−12¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.1675/bu—−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.3950/bu+0.17−40–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.1100
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.2150/bu+0.02−35–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.0175/bu—−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0925
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.