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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Aug 18
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5125–9.8625/bu+0.01−90–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.2175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7125–9.8625/bu+0.01−70–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.3650
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5825–9.6125/bu+0.01−83–−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.1600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7625–9.8125/bu+0.06−65–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4267
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3625–9.5125/bu+0.01−105–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.1700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6125–9.6625/bu+0.01−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3767

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6150–3.7150/bu+0.01−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–3.7100/bu+0.07−24–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4975
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6150–3.7150/bu+0.01−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800/bu+0.06−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6200
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4650–3.5650/bu+0.01−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4858
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5400–3.6400/bu+0.01−29–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5800
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.