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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Aug 11
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3125–9.6125/bu+0.24−80–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6125–9.7125/bu+0.24−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5725
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3625–9.3925/bu+0.24−75–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.3400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6625/bu+0.24−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.7200
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1625–9.4125/bu+0.24−95–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3267
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4325–9.5425/bu+0.24−68–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.6100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6275–3.7275/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6700–3.7700/bu+0.04−18–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5850
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5275–3.7775/bu+0.02−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.7500/bu+0.02−12–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6725
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3775–3.6275/bu+0.02−70–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5600–3.6600/bu+0.02−29–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5892
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.