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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Mar 25
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1375–11.3975/bu+0.17−58–−32¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9000–11.0600/bu+0.06−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.5800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0875–11.2675/bu+0.16−63–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3375–11.3675/bu+0.17−38–−35¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9500–11.0000/bu+0.06−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6142
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1975–11.2375/bu+0.17−52–−48¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1575–11.2475/bu+0.14−56–−47¢/BuMay (K)9.7033
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8400–10.9200/bu+0.06−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.5842

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.5725/bu+0.05−33–−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2975–4.6325/bu+0.05−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–4.4725/bu+0.05−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925/bu+0.05−18¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5825/bu+0.04−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.4925/bu+0.03−22–−18¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.2925/bu+0.05−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.1892
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3325–4.3825/bu+0.04−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9783
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.