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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Mar 5
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5025–11.6625/bu+0.10−29–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7150–10.9650/bu+0.06−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2925–11.5725/bu+0.12−50–−22¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5725–11.6325/bu+0.10−22–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8650/bu+0.06−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7542
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3725–11.5425/bu+0.10−42–−25¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3925–11.4325/bu+0.10−40–−36¢/BuMay (K)9.9192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7550–10.7850/bu+0.06−61–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.7075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4350/bu+0.10−26–−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.5000/bu+0.09−50–−28¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1333
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.3850/bu+0.22−38–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.4050/bu+0.10−14–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300/bu+0.08−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.2950/bu+0.10−28–−24¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.2050/bu+0.10−34–−33¢/BuMay (K)4.3233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.2800/bu+0.08−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0433
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.