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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Mar 6
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7175–11.8775/bu+0.22−29–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8175–11.0675/bu+0.10−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5075–11.7575/bu+0.22−50–−25¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7275–11.7575/bu+0.16−28–−25¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9175–10.9675/bu+0.05−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.8017
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5475–11.6575/bu+0.18−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5675–11.6075/bu+0.18−44–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.9167
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8575–10.8875/bu+0.10−61–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.7550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.4850/bu+0.07−26–−12¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.5450/bu+0.08−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1658
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.4250/bu+0.07−38–−18¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.4750/bu+0.03−18–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4950/bu+0.07−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.3650/bu+0.07−28–−24¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.2450/bu+0.03−38–−36¢/BuMay (K)4.3792
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.3450/bu+0.07−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0758
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.