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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Aug 5
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2075–9.4075/bu+0.04−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.8075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3275–9.6475/bu+0.00−58–−26¢/BuNovember (X)10.0700
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1575/bu+0.04−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.8208
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075–9.4575/bu+0.04−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1542
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9575–9.2075/bu+0.04−95–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.7408
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2275–9.2875/bu+0.04−68–−62¢/BuNovember (X)10.0008

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4700–3.7200/bu+0.05−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5650–3.7850/bu+0.02−25–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7300
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4700–3.7200/bu+0.05−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7150/bu+0.03−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7675
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3200–3.5700/bu+0.05−70–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5250–3.6450/bu+0.06−29–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6275
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.