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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Aug 12
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5275–9.8275/bu+0.22−80–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8975/bu+0.12−60–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.3275
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.6075/bu+0.22−75–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.1050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775/bu+0.22−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.4817
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3775–9.6275/bu+0.22−95–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0917
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.7575/bu+0.22−68–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.3617

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4950–3.5950/bu+0.13−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5350–3.6350/bu+0.14−18–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5250
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3950–3.6450/bu+0.13−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6058
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6150/bu+0.12−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6308
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2450–3.4950/bu+0.13−70–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4758
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4250–3.5250/bu+0.14−29–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5275
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.