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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Oct 21
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2275–10.5375/bu+0.01−40–−22¢/BuMarch (H)9.8750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–10.0275/bu+0.01−55–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.6875
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275/bu+0.01−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.8917
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9075–9.9675/bu+0.01−40–−34¢/BuNovember (X)9.6675
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3575–10.4675/bu+0.02−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.0008
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.6875/bu+0.01−68–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.4842

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.3075/bu+0.03−30–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.1892
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–4.0275/bu+0.04−40–−17¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8383
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175/bu+0.03−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.1425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–3.9975/bu+0.02−26–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7817
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.1675/bu+0.04−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7575–3.7775/bu+0.04−44–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7283
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.