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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Oct 30
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7675–11.0425/bu+0.11−39–−21¢/BuMarch (H)9.8600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5775–10.8125/bu+0.13−50–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8575–10.9075/bu+0.11−30–−25¢/BuMarch (H)9.8617
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7625–10.7725/bu+0.15−15–−14¢/BuNovember (X)9.6083
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8525–10.9625/bu+0.09−40–−29¢/BuMay (K)9.9933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4925–10.5775/bu+0.11−42–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.4125/bu+0.03−30–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.1650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.2125/bu+0.04−33–−9¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7625
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375/bu+0.03−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.1825/bu+0.00−13–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7975
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.2725/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–3.9825/bu+0.04−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6308
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.