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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Dec 16
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3175–10.5900/bu+0.10−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)9.6725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775–10.3575/bu+0.09−55–−27¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4975
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4975–10.5175/bu+0.10−22–−20¢/BuMarch (H)9.7875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2275–10.3775/bu+0.09−40–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6142
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4500–10.4900/bu+0.10−38–−34¢/BuMay (K)9.6525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.3350/bu+0.03−35–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.3225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.1450/bu+0.03−40–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.1775
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650/bu+0.03−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3517
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2150/bu+0.03−26–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2517
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.1650/bu+0.03−33–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.3200
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.