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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Mar 20
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1925–11.3225/bu+0.07−42–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–10.9700/bu+0.00−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.5900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0325–11.1625/bu+0.07−58–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2325–11.2725/bu+0.07−38–−34¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8600–10.9100/bu+0.05−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6242
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0925–11.1725/bu+0.07−52–−44¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0825–11.2125/bu+0.07−53–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.7908
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8000–10.8300/bu+0.00−61–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.5775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.5550/bu+0.04−30–−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.6075/bu+0.04−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.4550/bu+0.04−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.5050/bu+0.04−18–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5575/bu+0.04−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.4750/bu+0.04−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.2750/bu+0.04−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.3192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075–4.3575/bu+0.04−60–−55¢/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.