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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Nov 21
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9925–11.2425/bu+0.07−35–−10¢/BuMarch (H)9.7550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–11.0000/bu+0.02−44–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7175
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0925–11.1125/bu+0.02−25–−23¢/BuMarch (H)9.7025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9000/bu+0.03−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7550
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0125–11.1125/bu+0.08−42–−32¢/BuMay (K)9.7908
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6700–10.7000/bu+0.07−58–−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5917

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.3475/bu+0.00−30–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.2525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9250–4.1350/bu+0.01−33–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1200
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.2750/bu+0.01−13–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.2358
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.1550/bu+0.01−19–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1350
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1675/bu+0.05−35–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.2350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–3.8850/bu+0.01−43–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0217
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.