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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Sep 24
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1400–9.4900/bu+0.03−95–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.9850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0475–10.3050/bu+0.03−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)10.6325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2400–9.4900/bu+0.02−85–−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.0150
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3200–9.3700/bu+0.03−77–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.9325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1475/bu+0.03−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.6142
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3700/bu+0.02−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.9392
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1400–9.1900/bu+0.03−95–−90¢/BuNovember (X)9.9592
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1850–10.2950/bu+0.03−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.7017
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1900–9.2400/bu+0.03−90–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.9492

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7925–3.8625/bu+0.02−45–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.3225/bu+0.02−30–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7925–3.8925/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7625
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8125–3.8625/bu+0.02−43–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2600–4.2700/bu+0.02−15–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.1675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8125–3.8625/bu+0.02−43–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8025
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6725–3.7625/bu+0.02−57–−48¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.2525/bu+0.02−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1917
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6725–3.7725/bu+0.02−57–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6058
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.