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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Mar 2
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3500–11.5000/bu—−29–−14¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6375–10.8875/bu—−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0600–11.1900/bu—−58–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4200–11.4800/bu—−22–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7875/bu—−50¢/BuNovember (X)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2200–11.3400/bu—−42–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2400–11.2800/bu+0.07−40–−36¢/BuMay (K)9.7750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6775–10.6875/bu—−61–−60¢/BuNovember (X)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.3575/bu—−27–−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.4000/bu—−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.2825/bu—−35–−5¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.3275/bu—−14–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500/bu—−35¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775/bu—−28¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.1475/bu+0.02−34–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.2192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.2000/bu—−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
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.