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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Aug 20
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4600–9.7800/bu+0.02−90–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.2725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7100–9.7800/bu+0.02−65–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.4175
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300–9.5600/bu+0.02−83–−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.2150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.7600/bu+0.02−70–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4817
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.4600/bu+0.02−105–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.2250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5600–9.6100/bu+0.02−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3983

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–3.6900/bu+0.01−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6200–3.7500/bu+0.01−18–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5000
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–3.6400/bu+0.01−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500/bu+0.01−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5717
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4400–3.5400/bu+0.01−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4658
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5100–3.5900/bu+0.01−29–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5383
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.