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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Oct 14
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.2600/bu+0.02−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)9.9725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950–9.7350/bu+0.02−57–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.5500
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950/bu+0.02−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.9342
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.6450/bu+0.07−45–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.5233
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1400–10.2500/bu+0.02−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.0383
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3850–9.4150/bu+0.00−68–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.4100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9425–4.2400/bu+0.00−35–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.0925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.9500/bu—−40–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5925
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725/bu+0.00−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.0250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–3.8800/bu+0.02−27–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5458
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.1300/bu—−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0267
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100/bu—−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4592
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.