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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Apr 1
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8950–10.9750/bu+0.02−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.8725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1850/bu—−50¢/BuMay (K)9.9950
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9550–11.1150/bu+0.02−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.8850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0350–11.3350/bu—−65–−35¢/BuMay (K)9.9550
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0050–11.0550/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.9192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2450–11.2850/bu—−44–−40¢/BuMay (K)10.0483

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.5125/bu+0.03−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.4225/bu—−38–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.3325
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625/bu+0.03−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–4.3425/bu—−22–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3375
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.2625/bu+0.03−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0208
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.1625/bu—−43–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2608
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.