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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Sep 5
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3700–9.6700/bu+0.06−90–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2075–10.4750/bu+0.06−40–−27¢/BuMarch (H)10.0225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4200–9.6500/bu+0.23−85–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.5425
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4700–9.4800/bu+0.06−80–−79¢/BuNovember (X)9.5067
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3075–10.4075/bu+0.06−30–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.0983
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4800–9.5200/bu+0.06−79–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5167
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3000–9.3700/bu+0.06−97–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.4733
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.4550/bu+0.06−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.1933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3000–9.4200/bu+0.06−97–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.5400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.7800/bu+0.02−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2825/bu+0.01−30–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.1050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.8400/bu+0.02−45–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7392
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–3.7800/bu+0.02−43–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.2650/bu+0.01−14–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–3.8000/bu+0.02−40–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7792
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5800–3.6800/bu+0.02−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5458
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2225/bu+0.00−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0617
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6600–3.7400/bu+0.02−52–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6808
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.