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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Jan 14
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250–10.4200/bu+0.04−40–−13¢/BuMarch (H)10.2925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050–10.2050/bu+0.04−52–−22¢/BuMarch (H)10.1342
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2650–10.2750/bu+0.04−16–−15¢/BuMarch (H)10.3075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250/bu+0.04−40¢/BuMarch (H)10.1442
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1900–10.2100/bu+0.03−36–−34¢/BuMay (K)10.2725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.2275/bu+0.02−30–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.6225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–4.1300/bu+0.02−40–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.5175
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.1300/bu+0.02−10–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.6675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000/bu+0.02−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.5208
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.0175/bu+0.02−29–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.6033
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.