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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Apr 3
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5700–9.7700/bu+0.20−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6250–9.9150/bu+0.18−49–−20¢/BuMay (K)11.6400
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7100–9.7200/bu+0.20−46–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.3708
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–9.8750/bu+0.18−25–−24¢/BuMay (K)11.6800
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700/bu+0.20−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2542
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8350/bu+0.23−37–−28¢/BuMay (K)11.6100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–4.1750/bu+0.01−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.4050/bu+0.07−32–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2250
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.1750/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3992
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.3550/bu+0.00−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2492
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9750–4.0250/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3050/bu+0.06−34–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.1658
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.