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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, May 29
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7725–9.9725/bu+0.00−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2475–10.3375/bu+0.03−27–−18¢/BuJuly (N)11.9625
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225/bu+0.00−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.4500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3175–10.3675/bu+0.03−20–−15¢/BuJuly (N)11.9842
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8225–9.8725/bu+0.00−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.3500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1875–10.2275/bu+0.03−33–−29¢/BuJuly (N)11.8542

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8125–4.1125/bu+0.02−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.4200/bu+0.04−18–−5¢/BuJuly (N)4.3625
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0625–4.1125/bu+0.02−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4000/bu+0.04−7¢/BuJuly (N)4.3675
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9125–3.9625/bu+0.02−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.2700/bu+0.04−25–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.2408
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.