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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Oct 7
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1300–10.3800/bu+0.02−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)10.2875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5200–9.8200/bu+0.09−70–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6000
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2300/bu+0.02−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.2592
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700–9.8200/bu+0.09−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4625
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2700–10.3800/bu+0.02−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.3642
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4500–9.5000/bu+0.07−77–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.4025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0125–4.3125/bu+0.07−35–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.2850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–4.0275/bu+0.01−42–−17¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7775
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.2425/bu+0.02−15–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.2425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475/bu+0.03−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8575
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.2025/bu+0.02−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2317
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.7775/bu+0.02−48–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6308
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.