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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Nov 4
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8775–11.2300/bu+0.13−40–−14¢/BuMarch (H)9.8925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6950–11.0150/bu+0.21−52–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7775
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9775–11.0275/bu+0.13−30–−25¢/BuMarch (H)9.9142
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8950–10.9150/bu+0.15−32–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8342
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9700–11.0500/bu+0.12−40–−32¢/BuMay (K)10.0383
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6150–10.7150/bu+0.18−60–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.4250/bu+0.02−30–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.2125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.5650/bu+0.04−33–+25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9675
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.3675/bu+0.02−10–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.1800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2150/bu+0.05−14–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0183
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.2850/bu+0.02−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1867
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.0350/bu+0.11−40–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8350
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.