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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Jul 25
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5600–9.7900/bu+0.08−65–−42¢/BuNovember (X)10.0500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.8975/bu+0.03−25–−9¢/BuAugust (Q)10.6700
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5500–9.5700/bu+0.03−66–−64¢/BuNovember (X)10.1050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–9.8275/bu+0.31−17–−16¢/BuAugust (Q)10.6983
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3600–9.5600/bu+0.03−85–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.9683
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7375/bu+0.12−36–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)10.5050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5100–3.8900/bu+0.02−68–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.9050/bu+0.09−25–−9¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8625
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.8900/bu+0.02−48–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7567
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8850–3.8950/bu+0.04−11–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9050
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–3.7400/bu+0.02−60–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.8250/bu+0.03−25–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6883
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.