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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Jul 16
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6050–9.8050/bu+0.19−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8850–10.1050/bu+0.18−25–−3¢/BuAugust (Q)10.9325
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6850–9.7050/bu+0.19−52–−50¢/BuNovember (X)10.0167
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0150–10.0350/bu+0.22−12–−10¢/BuAugust (Q)10.9392
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.6550/bu+0.19−75–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.8933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–9.8850/bu+0.19−28–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)10.8792

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–3.9400/bu+0.04−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–4.0325/bu+0.02−20–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9100
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8400–3.9400/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7842
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025/bu+0.02−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9400
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–3.7900/bu+0.04−55–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825/bu+0.04−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7667
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.