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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Mar 17
● Bids as filed17 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0450/bu+0.01−11¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050–9.9350/bu+0.03−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5850–9.7850/bu+0.01−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–9.9950/bu+0.02−34–−16¢/BuMay (K)11.7175
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050–9.9550/bu+0.06−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.7350/bu+0.01−46–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.3383
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050/bu+0.01−25¢/BuMay (K)11.7275
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–9.8550/bu+0.04−34–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6850/bu+0.01−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2217

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.4700/bu+0.02−32–−14¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400–4.2400/bu+0.03−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.3900/bu+0.05−36–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.1750
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.4500/bu+0.07−25–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.2400/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3742
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.3900/bu+0.03−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2433
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.3200/bu+0.03−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.0900/bu+0.03−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2075
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.