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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, May 20
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–10.0100/bu+0.04−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.6600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2600–10.3500/bu+0.04−27–−18¢/BuJuly (N)12.1925
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600/bu+0.04−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.6800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3300–10.3600/bu+0.02−20–−17¢/BuJuly (N)12.1425
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–9.9100/bu+0.04−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.5800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1800–10.2400/bu+0.02−35–−29¢/BuJuly (N)12.0658

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8850–4.1850/bu+0.07−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.4950/bu+0.08−19–−5¢/BuJuly (N)4.4075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.1850/bu+0.07−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4892
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.4650/bu+0.07−9–−8¢/BuJuly (N)4.4000
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.0350/bu+0.07−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.3450/bu+0.07−28–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.3067
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.