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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Jan 8
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125–10.5525/bu+0.06−40–−18¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0925–10.4225/bu+0.06−52–−19¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4325–10.4625/bu+0.06−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125/bu+0.06−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3725–10.3925/bu+0.06−36–−34¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.4300/bu+0.01−30–−3¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.3600/bu+0.01−40–−10¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.3700/bu+0.01−10–−9¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400/bu+0.01−22¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.2600/bu—−29–−28¢/BuMay (K)—
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.