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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Sep 12
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5125–9.8625/bu+0.08−95–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4025–10.6425/bu+0.12−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)10.1125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8225–9.8625/bu+0.34−64–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4725
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–9.6925/bu+0.13−79–−77¢/BuNovember (X)9.4225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5025–10.6025/bu+0.12−30–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.1233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–9.6925/bu+0.13−79–−77¢/BuNovember (X)9.4225
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4925–9.5625/bu+0.13−97–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.4892
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5325–10.6425/bu+0.12−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.2525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4925–9.6125/bu+0.13−97–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.5225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8500–3.9200/bu+0.10−45–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.3600/bu+0.10−30–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.1850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9300–4.0400/bu+0.18−37–−26¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7692
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8700–3.9000/bu+0.10−43–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7892
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3325–4.3725/bu+0.10−14–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.0000/bu+0.10−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8158
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.8000/bu+0.10−59–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5992
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.3200/bu+0.10−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5400–3.8500/bu—−45¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6725
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.