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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Mar 24
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9700–11.2300/bu+0.09−58–−32¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8375–10.9975/bu+0.03−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.5775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9300–11.1000/bu+0.09−62–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1700–11.2000/bu+0.09−38–−35¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–10.9375/bu+0.03−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6117
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0300–11.0700/bu+0.09−52–−48¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0200–11.0800/bu+0.09−53–−47¢/BuMay (K)9.7108
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7775–10.8575/bu+0.08−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.5650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.5250/bu+0.03−33–−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.5900/bu+0.03−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4250/bu+0.03−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4450–4.4750/bu+0.03−18–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400/bu+0.03−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.4450/bu+0.06−20–−18¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.2450/bu+0.03−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2542
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.3400/bu+0.03−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0233
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.