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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Nov 3
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0025–11.3500/bu+0.16−40–−14¢/BuMarch (H)9.8700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9025–11.1425/bu+0.21−44–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6700
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1025–11.1525/bu+0.17−30–−25¢/BuMarch (H)9.8842
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0425/bu+0.19−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7425
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0900–11.2100/bu+0.15−40–−28¢/BuMay (K)10.0158
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7925–10.8425/bu+0.22−55–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5758

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.4475/bu+0.03−30–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.2025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.2925/bu+0.06−32–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9025
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675/bu+0.03−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.2425/bu+0.03−12–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9317
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.3075/bu+0.04−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1692
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.0625/bu+0.11−32–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7783
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.