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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Aug 15
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5250–9.8750/bu+0.14−90–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.0475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.8750/bu+0.14−70–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.1975
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5950–9.6250/bu+0.11−83–−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.0233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8250/bu+0.14−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3933
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3750–9.5250/bu+0.14−105–−90¢/BuNovember (X)8.9967
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6250–9.6750/bu+0.14−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.2867

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6025–3.7025/bu+0.08−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6575–3.7575/bu+0.09−18–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4450
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6025–3.7025/bu+0.08−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5417
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375/bu+0.09−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5450
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4525–3.5525/bu+0.08−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5475–3.6475/bu+0.09−29–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5050
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.