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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Mar 7
● Bids as filed17 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1100/bu—−14¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.0325/bu+0.02−25–−7¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–9.8550/bu+0.05−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.2883
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9200–10.0800/bu+0.02−33–−17¢/BuMay (K)11.6067
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1000–10.1100/bu+0.01−15–−14¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–9.8050/bu+0.05−46–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.2875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9000–10.0000/bu+0.02−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)11.7350
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–9.9500/bu+0.02−38–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550/bu+0.05−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.1925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.5625/bu+0.07−9–−13¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.2425/bu+0.03−43–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.5125/bu+0.05−35–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1808
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5725/bu+0.05−12¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.2425/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.4425/bu+0.05−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2650
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.4025/bu+0.05−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.0925/bu+0.03−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2200
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.