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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, May 1
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.8400/bu+0.06−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1625–10.3025/bu+0.10−34–−20¢/BuJuly (N)11.8725
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7900/bu+0.06−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.4108
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3225/bu+0.06−18¢/BuJuly (N)11.8767
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6900–9.7400/bu+0.06−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2942
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1525–10.1825/bu+0.08−35–−32¢/BuJuly (N)11.7367

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8225–4.1725/bu+0.01−65–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4725–4.5925/bu+0.03−25–−5¢/BuJuly (N)4.4656
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.1725/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4617
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025–4.6325/bu+0.02−12–−9¢/BuJuly (N)4.5242
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.0225/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4225–4.4525/bu+0.05−30–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.4175
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.