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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Mar 18
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0575/bu+0.01−7¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.9275/bu+0.03−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5550–9.7550/bu+0.03−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–10.0075/bu+0.03−34–−12¢/BuMay (K)11.7000
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.9275/bu+0.03−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6950–9.7050/bu+0.03−46–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.3458
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775/bu+0.03−25¢/BuMay (K)11.7250
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–9.8275/bu+0.03−34–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550/bu+0.03−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2292

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.4675/bu+0.02−32–−12¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9425–4.2425/bu+0.00−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2275–4.3375/bu+0.02−36–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.4275/bu+0.02−25–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.2425/bu+0.00−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3992
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.3675/bu+0.02−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2783
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.2975/bu+0.02−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.0925/bu+0.00−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375/bu—−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1350
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.