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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Aug 21
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.9800/bu+0.20−90–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.0775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.0600/bu+0.20−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2025
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.7600/bu+0.20−83–−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.0150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–9.9600/bu+0.20−70–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.2483
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5100–9.6600/bu+0.20−105–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.0183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–9.8100/bu+0.20−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.1983

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6675–3.7675/bu+0.08−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6925–3.8025/bu+0.07−18–−7¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4650
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–3.7275/bu+0.10−43–−39¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7225/bu+0.07−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5317
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5175–3.6175/bu+0.08−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4117
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5825–3.6625/bu+0.07−29–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4983
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.