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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Nov 6
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7750–11.1425/bu+0.25−40–−14¢/BuMarch (H)10.1625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5150–10.7850/bu+0.28−56–−29¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0375
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9250/bu+0.20−25¢/BuMarch (H)10.1417
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5550–10.6250/bu+0.34−52–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1025
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8825–10.9625/bu+0.23−40–−32¢/BuMay (K)10.2408
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.5050/bu+0.32−73–−57¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9192

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.4150/bu+0.07−30–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8975–4.1675/bu+0.09−39–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0850
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300/bu+0.07−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.2650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.0375/bu+0.09−27–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1183
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.2650/bu+0.07−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2742
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.9375/bu+0.12−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9317
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.