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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, May 2
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–9.9050/bu+0.07−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2400–10.4300/bu+0.08−34–−15¢/BuJuly (N)11.9975
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550/bu+0.07−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.5433
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4000/bu+0.08−18¢/BuJuly (N)12.0300
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550–9.8050/bu+0.07−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.4600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2300–10.2900/bu+0.08−35–−29¢/BuJuly (N)11.9233

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–4.2025/bu+0.03−65–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4600–4.5700/bu+0.01−23–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4400
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.2025/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4942
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.6000/bu+0.03−12–−9¢/BuJuly (N)4.5158
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.0525/bu+0.03−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.4400/bu+0.01−28–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.4258
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.