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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Sep 23
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1700–9.5200/bu+0.01−95–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.8775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775–10.3325/bu+0.01−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)10.5175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2200–9.5200/bu+0.01−90–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.8875
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3500–9.3900/bu+0.01−77–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.8225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1775/bu+0.01−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.4992
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3900–9.4000/bu+0.05−73–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8158
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1700–9.2200/bu+0.01−95–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.8158
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125–10.3225/bu+0.01−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.5892
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2200–9.2700/bu+0.01−90–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.8392

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8125–3.8825/bu+0.05−45–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3425/bu+0.04−30–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8125–3.9125/bu+0.05−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8325–3.8625/bu+0.05−43–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.2900/bu+0.04−15–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.1225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8325–3.8625/bu+0.05−43–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7675
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6925–3.7825/bu+0.05−57–−48¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5008
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.2725/bu+0.04−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1692
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6925–3.7925/bu+0.05−57–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5708
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.