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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Sep 2
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5100–9.8100/bu+0.14−90–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.6000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3500–10.6025/bu—−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)10.1150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.8100/bu+0.14−68–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.6125
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6200–9.6600/bu+0.13−79–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5467
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4500–10.5500/bu—−30–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.1733
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6200–9.6600/bu+0.23−79–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5667
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4400–9.5100/bu+0.12−97–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.5300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5325–10.5925/bu—−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.2567
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4400–9.6600/bu+0.31−97–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.6433

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–3.8300/bu+0.03−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.3375/bu—−30–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–3.8800/bu+0.05−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6833
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–3.8300/bu+0.03−43–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.3075/bu—−30–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–3.8500/bu+0.02−40–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8092
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–3.7300/bu+0.03−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5692
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.2575/bu—−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.7800/bu+0.05−50–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7067
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.