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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Sep 17
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.8375/bu+0.06−95–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3800–10.6225/bu+0.06−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)10.2350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.8375/bu+0.06−85–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5225
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.6675/bu+0.06−79–−77¢/BuNovember (X)9.5200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.5800/bu+0.06−30–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.1908
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.6675/bu+0.06−79–−77¢/BuNovember (X)9.5000
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.5375/bu+0.06−97–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.5500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5125–10.6225/bu+0.06−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.3175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.5875/bu+0.06−97–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.5833

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.8775/bu+0.03−45–−39¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.3325/bu+0.03−30–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.2075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9375/bu+0.03−45–−33¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6942
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.8675/bu+0.03−43–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3450/bu+0.03−14–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.8975/bu+0.03−43–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8525
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6775–3.7675/bu+0.03−59–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5942
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.2925/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6775–3.7975/bu+0.03−59–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6642
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.