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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Mar 14
● Bids as filed17 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.2950/bu+0.07−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0100–4.0600/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2075
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4450/bu+0.16−31–−14¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9100–4.2100/bu+0.01−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3250/bu+0.11−38–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.2000
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.4650/bu+0.07−16–−12¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.2100/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3742
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.3650/bu+0.07−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2508

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0500/bu+0.07−11¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8725–9.9300/bu+0.03−12–−23¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5800–9.7800/bu+0.06−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8000–10.0000/bu+0.04−36–−16¢/BuMay (K)11.8400
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–10.0100/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7200–9.7300/bu+0.06−46–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.4408
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100/bu+0.05−25¢/BuMay (K)11.8392
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7800–9.8600/bu+0.05−38–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6800/bu+0.06−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.3242
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.