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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Aug 28
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5800–9.8800/bu+0.01−90–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8000–9.9400/bu+0.01−68–−54¢/BuNovember (X)9.4650
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6800–9.7300/bu+0.01−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3517
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7800–9.8800/bu+0.01−70–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4917
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4900–9.5800/bu+0.01−99–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.3483
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6800–9.7300/bu+0.01−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5083

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.7500/bu+0.04−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6050–3.7500/bu+0.03−25–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5375
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6700–3.7000/bu+0.06−43–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7350–3.7550/bu+0.03−12–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5675
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5000–3.6000/bu+0.04−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5550–3.6450/bu+0.02−30–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5317
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.