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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Mar 12
● Bids as filed17 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8750/bu+0.13−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.7850/bu+0.12−26–−9¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4650–9.6650/bu+0.09−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–9.8050/bu+0.13−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)11.8500
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–9.8750/bu+0.11−15–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6050–9.6150/bu+0.09−46–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.3933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550–9.7850/bu+0.11−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)11.8242
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6250–9.7050/bu+0.11−38–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5650/bu+0.09−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.4775/bu+0.09−22–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–4.1825/bu+0.06−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.4075/bu+0.10−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2350
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4875–4.5175/bu+0.10−12–−9¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1325–4.1825/bu+0.06−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3967
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4075/bu+0.10−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2958
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.3175/bu+0.10−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9825–4.0325/bu+0.06−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2300
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.