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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Aug 8
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0750–9.3750/bu+0.06−80–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3750–9.4650/bu+0.01−50–−41¢/BuNovember (X)9.7950
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1250–9.1550/bu+0.06−75–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.5050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250/bu+0.06−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8817
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9250–9.1750/bu+0.06−95–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4917
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1950–9.3050/bu+0.06−68–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.7750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6050–3.7050/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6275–3.7475/bu+0.02−20–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5725
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5050–3.7550/bu+0.02−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5833
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.7275/bu+0.02−12–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6208
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3550–3.6050/bu+0.02−70–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4533
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5375–3.6375/bu+0.02−29–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5242
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.