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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Mar 19
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325–9.9525/bu+0.05−25–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5000–9.7000/bu+0.06−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–9.9025/bu+0.05−34–−18¢/BuMay (K)11.9500
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325–9.8825/bu+0.05−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.6500/bu+0.06−46–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.5358
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325/bu+0.05−25¢/BuMay (K)11.9650
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–9.7825/bu+0.05−34–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6000/bu+0.06−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.4192

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.4600/bu+0.03−32–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.2150/bu+0.03−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2600–4.3700/bu+0.03−36–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.4600/bu+0.03−25–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.2150/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4142
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.4000/bu+0.03−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2733
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.3300/bu+0.03−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.0650/bu+0.03−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2475
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.