Cash grain bids / Iowa / Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids / 2026-03-17

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Mar 17
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1500–11.2800/bu+0.02−42–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6625–10.8725/bu+0.11−65–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.6675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9900–11.1200/bu+0.02−58–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2300–11.2500/bu+0.02−34–−32¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7625–10.8125/bu+0.11−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7017
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0900/bu+0.02−48¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0400–11.1000/bu+0.04−53–−47¢/BuMay (K)9.8075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7025–10.7325/bu+0.16−61–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.6550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.4000/bu—−30–−14¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.5175/bu+0.01−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3400/bu—−36–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400/bu—−20¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4675/bu+0.02−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.2900/bu+0.04−26–−25¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.1600/bu+0.05−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.2675/bu+0.02−60–−55¢/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.