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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Jul 31
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1925–9.3925/bu+0.07−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2925–9.5675/bu+0.07−60–−5¢/BuNovember (X)10.0650
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1425–9.1725/bu+0.07−75–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.7717
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.3975/bu+0.06−25–−22¢/BuAugust (Q)10.1083
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9425–9.2425/bu+0.07−95–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.6483
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9875–9.2575/bu+0.06−63–−36¢/BuAugust (Q)9.8883

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5375–3.8375/bu+0.10−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.8300/bu+0.06−23–−11¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6575
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5875–3.8375/bu+0.06−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6417
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.7700/bu+0.02−18–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7067
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4375–3.6875/bu+0.02−70–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.7700/bu+0.02−29–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5433
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.