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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, May 14
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0325–10.2125/bu+0.02−58–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4875–10.5975/bu+0.09−29–−18¢/BuJuly (N)11.8825
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1625/bu+0.02−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.5600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5575–10.6075/bu+0.05−22–−17¢/BuJuly (N)11.9050
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0625–10.1125/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.4600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4275–10.4875/bu+0.05−35–−29¢/BuJuly (N)11.8283

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–4.1050/bu+0.21−65–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.3550/bu+0.07−19–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4125
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.1050/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.3750/bu+0.03−12–−8¢/BuJuly (N)4.4450
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–3.9550/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2050/bu+0.03−28–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.3517
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.