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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Mar 13
● Bids as filed17 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9775/bu+0.10−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–9.8575/bu+0.10−12–−25¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.7175/bu+0.05−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–9.9275/bu+0.10−35–−18¢/BuMay (K)11.8200
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9075–9.9575/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.6675/bu+0.05−46–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.4033
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575/bu+0.10−25¢/BuMay (K)11.8092
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8075/bu+0.10−38–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175/bu+0.05−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.5225/bu+0.05−22–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–4.2225/bu+0.04−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3125–4.4025/bu+0.06−34–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1675
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925–4.5325/bu+0.01−16–−12¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.2225/bu+0.04−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3442
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.4325/bu+0.05−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2208
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.3625/bu+0.05−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.0725/bu+0.04−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1775
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.