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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Oct 17
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1075–10.3725/bu+0.07−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)9.7050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.8650/bu+0.09−55–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.3975
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2075/bu+0.07−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.7292
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–9.8550/bu+0.11−42–−34¢/BuNovember (X)9.4000
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2525–10.3625/bu+0.07−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)9.8433
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5150–9.5450/bu+0.09−68–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.3000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.3100/bu+0.06−30–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.1000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–4.0250/bu+0.01−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6825
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450/bu+0.01−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.0400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.0250/bu+0.01−28–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6975
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.2000/bu+0.01−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0317
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7850–3.8050/bu+0.02−44–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6275
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.