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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Oct 22
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2300–10.5350/bu+0.00−40–−22¢/BuMarch (H)9.9100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.1675/bu+0.11−48–−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.7200
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3300/bu+0.00−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.9242
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0075–10.0475/bu+0.10−34–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7583
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3550–10.4650/bu+0.00−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)10.0233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8975/bu+0.10−62–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5883

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.3250/bu+0.02−30–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.2300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8500–4.0800/bu+0.05−38–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8100
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375/bu+0.02−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.1700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.0300/bu+0.06−23–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7967
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.1850/bu+0.02−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–3.8300/bu+0.05−42–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7833
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.