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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Aug 4
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2450–9.4450/bu+0.05−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.9650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3250–9.6250/bu+0.13−62–−32¢/BuNovember (X)10.2875
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1950/bu+0.05−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.9742
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.4550/bu+0.08−50–−49¢/BuNovember (X)10.3308
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9950–9.2450/bu+0.05−95–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.8808
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2650–9.3150/bu+0.28−68–−63¢/BuNovember (X)10.1308

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5200–3.7700/bu+0.04−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5800–3.8400/bu+0.09−29–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7475
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5200–3.7700/bu+0.04−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7267
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.7700/bu+0.03−13–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7875
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3700–3.6200/bu+0.04−70–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5800–3.7000/bu+0.03−29–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6475
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.