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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Jul 21
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.8400/bu+0.10−60–−42¢/BuNovember (X)10.2450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–10.0700/bu+0.18−28–−8¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1275
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7100–9.7400/bu+0.10−55–−52¢/BuNovember (X)10.3008
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0300–10.0400/bu+0.13−12–−11¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1608
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5100–9.6600/bu+0.10−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.1708
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–9.9000/bu+0.11−27–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0508

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.9225/bu+0.06−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8275–3.9875/bu+0.07−21–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9400
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8225–3.9225/bu+0.06−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8167
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–3.9875/bu+0.06−6–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9692
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.7725/bu+0.06−60–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.8675/bu+0.03−20–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7892
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.