Cash grain bids / Iowa / Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids / 2025-12-05

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Dec 5
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–11.0650/bu+0.13−35–−19¢/BuMarch (H)9.9125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5525–10.7325/bu+0.14−50–−32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7925
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9100–10.9400/bu+0.13−25–−22¢/BuMarch (H)9.8258
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6525–10.7425/bu+0.14−40–−31¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8408
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8350–10.9150/bu+0.12−42–−34¢/BuMay (K)9.8342

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.4275/bu+0.03−30–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.3125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.2275/bu+0.03−40–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.1675
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.3475/bu+0.03−12–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.2275/bu+0.03−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2433
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.2425/bu+0.02−35–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.2658
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.