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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Apr 7
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2100–9.4100/bu+0.03−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3300–9.6300/bu+0.19−50–−20¢/BuMay (K)11.6575
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2600–9.2900/bu+0.12−55–−52¢/BuNovember (X)11.3758
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300/bu+0.01−30¢/BuMay (K)11.6950
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2100–9.3100/bu+0.13−60–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2592
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3700–9.5500/bu+0.03−46–−28¢/BuMay (K)11.6350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–4.1600/bu+0.01−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.4750/bu+0.09−35–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2675
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.1600/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3967
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.4250/bu+0.04−25–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2650
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.0100/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3750/bu+0.04−34–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.1817
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.