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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Mar 12
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8525–12.0525/bu+0.15−42–−22¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0250–11.2450/bu+0.04−65–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.5925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6925–11.8725/bu+0.13−58–−40¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9225–12.0025/bu+0.13−35–−27¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1250–11.1750/bu+0.04−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6642
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8225–11.8725/bu+0.13−45–−40¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7225–11.8525/bu+0.13−55–−42¢/BuMay (K)9.7742
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0150–11.0950/bu+0.04−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.6175

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.4850/bu+0.00−32–−14¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.6000/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.4250/bu+0.01−40–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250/bu+0.05−20¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5500/bu+0.01−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.3750/bu+0.02−30–−25¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2450/bu+0.02−45–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.3392
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.4000/bu+0.01−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0558
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.