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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Dec 18
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2200–10.4925/bu+0.07−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)9.5825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.2425/bu+0.06−55–−28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4150
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4000/bu+0.07−22¢/BuMarch (H)9.6583
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1725/bu+0.06−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4767
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3725–10.3925/bu+0.05−36–−34¢/BuMay (K)9.5300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.4125/bu+0.04−35–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.3175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.2550/bu+0.04−40–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.1675
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450/bu+0.04−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3242
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850/bu+0.04−26¢/BuMarch (H)4.2108
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.2425/bu+0.05−33–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.2825
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.