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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Aug 29
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.9450/bu+0.07−90–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–9.9650/bu+0.07−68–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.5050
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.7950/bu+0.07−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.4267
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–9.9450/bu+0.07−70–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5333
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5550–9.6450/bu+0.07−99–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.4233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.7950/bu+0.07−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5833

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7525–3.8025/bu+0.10−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.8400/bu+0.13−25–−14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5300
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7725–3.8125/bu+0.10−43–−39¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–3.8800/bu+0.08−17–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6300
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6025–3.7025/bu+0.10−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4867
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800–3.7700/bu+0.13−30–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5900
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.