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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Feb 27
● Bids as filed10 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1875–11.5575/bu+0.07−52–−15¢/BuMay (K)9.9556
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0875–11.3075/bu+0.07−62–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.9550
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3275–11.4125/bu+0.07−38–−16¢/BuMay (K)9.9750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2875/bu+0.14−42¢/BuMay (K)9.8150
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3075–11.3475/bu+0.07−40–−36¢/BuMay (K)9.8908

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.3450/bu+0.05−38–−14¢/BuMay (K)4.3900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.2375/bu+0.06−39–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3400
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.2575/bu+0.05−24–−13¢/BuMay (K)4.4217
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050/bu+0.05−28¢/BuMay (K)4.2850
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.1750/bu+0.05−35–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.3783
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.