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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Sep 29
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1550–9.5050/bu+0.03−95–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.9875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0550–10.2875/bu+0.04−40–−31¢/BuMarch (H)10.6875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3050–9.5050/bu+0.03−80–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.9867
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4050–9.4250/bu+0.02−70–−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.9200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1550/bu+0.04−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.6517
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4050–9.4250/bu+0.01−70–−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.9200
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2050–9.2750/bu+0.03−90–−83¢/BuNovember (X)9.9167
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1975–10.3075/bu+0.04−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.7417
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2050–9.3050/bu+0.03−90–−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.9333

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7650–3.9150/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.3175/bu+0.00−30–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.3300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7650–3.9350/bu+0.01−45–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8475
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–3.8650/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.2450/bu+0.00−15–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.2725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–3.8650/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8975
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6950–3.7350/bu+0.05−52–−48¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.2275/bu+0.00−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2642
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6950–3.7450/bu+0.05−52–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7508
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.