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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Jul 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 #1Delivered9.3950–9.6450/bu+0.02−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.7775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.6175/bu+0.15−33–−20¢/BuAugust (Q)10.2025
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3450–9.4150/bu+0.02−75–−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.8192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.6375/bu+0.13−22–−18¢/BuAugust (Q)10.1758
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1450–9.4450/bu+0.02−95–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.6958
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4575–9.5675/bu+0.07−36–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9992

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4300–3.8100/bu+0.03−68–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.7425/bu+0.07−27–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7925
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–3.8100/bu+0.03−48–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7067
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7225–3.7425/bu+0.11−17–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8075
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4100–3.6600/bu+0.03−70–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6025–3.7225/bu+0.09−29–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6308
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.