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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Sep 18
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250–9.7750/bu+0.06−95–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3150–10.5575/bu+0.07−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)10.2550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5250–9.7750/bu+0.06−85–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5300
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6050/bu+0.04−77¢/BuNovember (X)9.4375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4150–10.5150/bu+0.07−30–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.2192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6050/bu+0.04−77¢/BuNovember (X)9.4425
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250–9.4750/bu+0.04−95–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.5425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.5575/bu+0.07−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.3125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250–9.5250/bu+0.04−95–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.5758

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–3.8475/bu+0.03−45–−39¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.3050/bu+0.03−30–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.1475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–3.8875/bu+0.03−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6242
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–3.8375/bu+0.03−43–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.2750/bu+0.04−15–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.0575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–3.8675/bu+0.03−43–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7825
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–3.7575/bu+0.03−59–−48¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.2250/bu+0.03−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.0925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–3.7675/bu+0.03−59–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5775
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.