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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Mar 30
● Bids as filed16 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9675–11.2475/bu+0.04−63–−35¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8400–11.0000/bu—−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.7050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9675–11.1475/bu+0.01−63–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1575–11.1975/bu+0.01−44–−40¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900–10.9400/bu—−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7392
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0775–11.1375/bu+0.01−52–−46¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0775–11.0975/bu+0.01−52–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.8475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7800–10.8600/bu—−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.6925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.4375/bu+0.09−38–−12¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.5400/bu+0.06−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.3575/bu+0.09−38–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775/bu+0.06−18¢/BuMay (K)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900/bu+0.06−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.3575/bu+0.06−22–−20¢/BuMay (K)—
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.1775/bu+0.09−43–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2558
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.2900/bu+0.06−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9533
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.