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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, May 13
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0150–10.1950/bu+0.02−58–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3950–10.5550/bu+0.02−33–−17¢/BuJuly (N)11.8750
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1450/bu+0.02−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.6000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5050–10.5250/bu+0.01−22–−20¢/BuJuly (N)11.9150
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0450–10.0950/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.5000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3750–10.4350/bu+0.01−35–−29¢/BuJuly (N)11.8383

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.1100/bu+0.16−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.3250/bu+0.06−23–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4475
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.1100/bu+0.05−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3350/bu+0.06−12–−9¢/BuJuly (N)4.4950
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9100–3.9600/bu+0.05−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.1750/bu+0.06−28–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.3917
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.