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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Apr 2
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9400–11.1000/bu+0.02−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.6825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0250–11.2850/bu+0.01−61–−35¢/BuMay (K)9.7800
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9900–11.0400/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7167
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1350–11.1950/bu+0.11−50–−44¢/BuMay (K)9.8683
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8800–10.9600/bu+0.02−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.6700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9850–11.1350/bu+0.20−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.7983

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.5125/bu+0.00−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.4125/bu+0.01−37–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.3275
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.4625/bu+0.05−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.3025/bu+0.12−32–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.3350
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.2625/bu—−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0083
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.1425/bu+0.03−44–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2783
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.