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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Jul 18
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–9.9375/bu+0.09−60–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.9175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0475–10.1875/bu+0.08−23–−9¢/BuAugust (Q)10.9200
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–9.8375/bu+0.09−55–−52¢/BuNovember (X)9.9733
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1575–10.1675/bu+0.06−12–−11¢/BuAugust (Q)10.9558
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.7575/bu+0.09−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.8433
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9875–10.0275/bu+0.05−29–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)10.8625

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6775–3.9775/bu+0.02−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.0050/bu+0.08−19–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8225
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–3.9775/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7142
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350/bu+0.07−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8717
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6775–3.8275/bu+0.15−60–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.9150/bu+0.02−22–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6917
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.