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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Mar 9
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5425–11.7625/bu+0.18−42–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8325–11.0525/bu+0.02−65–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.6450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4125–11.6325/bu+0.10−55–−33¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6125/bu+0.12−35¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9325–10.9825/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7242
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5025–11.5125/bu+0.05−46–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4425–11.5425/bu+0.13−52–−42¢/BuMay (K)9.8067
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8225–10.9025/bu+0.04−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.6775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.3775/bu+0.16−35–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.5175/bu+0.04−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.3375/bu+0.06−37–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.3475/bu+0.14−25–−19¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4675/bu+0.03−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.2775/bu+0.09−30–−26¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.1675/bu+0.07−38–−37¢/BuMay (K)4.4067
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.3175/bu+0.03−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0833
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.