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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Oct 29
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6625–10.9525/bu+0.02−39–−21¢/BuMarch (H)9.8200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4450–10.6725/bu+0.03−50–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4263
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7525–10.8025/bu+0.02−30–−25¢/BuMarch (H)9.8050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6125–10.6525/bu+0.08−19–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.5483
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7625–10.8725/bu+0.02−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)9.9458
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3825–10.4025/bu+0.03−42–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4108

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.4400/bu+0.01−30–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.1600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0100–4.2400/bu+0.02−33–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7275
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675/bu+0.01−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2100/bu+0.05−17–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6950
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.3000/bu—−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400–4.0200/bu+0.02−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6383
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.