Cash grain bids / Iowa / Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids / 2025-04-17

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Apr 17
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.9250/bu+0.02−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.0050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.2450/bu+0.02−37–−12¢/BuMay (K)11.2025
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–9.8750/bu+0.02−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.0258
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1750–10.2150/bu+0.02−19–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.2092
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–9.8250/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)10.9092
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.0950/bu+0.02−37–−27¢/BuMay (K)11.1458

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.3600/bu+0.01−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.7425/bu+0.02−30–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2050
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.3600/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2667
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6725–4.7025/bu+0.02−15–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.2308
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.2100/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.5525/bu+0.02−31–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.1242
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.