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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Dec 2
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0000–11.2575/bu+0.03−35–−19¢/BuMarch (H)9.8150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7475–10.9175/bu+0.03−50–−33¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7975
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1000/bu+0.03−25¢/BuMarch (H)9.7858
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8475–10.9375/bu+0.03−40–−31¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8208
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0275–11.1075/bu+0.03−42–−34¢/BuMay (K)9.8208

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.4700/bu+0.05−30–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.2275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.2600/bu+0.05−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.1325
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.4000/bu+0.05−12–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.2058
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3000/bu+0.05−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1458
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.2950/bu+0.04−35–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.1900
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.