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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Mar 27
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0025–11.2425/bu+0.19−59–−35¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8400–11.0000/bu+0.09−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.8025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9625–11.1425/bu+0.19−63–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1525–11.1925/bu+0.13−44–−40¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900–10.9400/bu+0.09−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.8367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0725–11.1325/bu+0.15−52–−46¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0725–11.1225/bu+0.11−52–−47¢/BuMay (K)9.9300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7800–10.8600/bu+0.09−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.7900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.5000/bu+0.10−35–−12¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.6025/bu+0.04−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.4200/bu+0.08−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400/bu+0.01−18¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5525/bu+0.04−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4000–4.4200/bu+0.05−22–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.2400/bu+0.05−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2158
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.3525/bu+0.04−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9583
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.