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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Apr 6
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9700–11.1300/bu+0.03−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.3225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1175–11.2975/bu+0.09−55–−37¢/BuMay (K)9.4675
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0200–11.0700/bu+0.03−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1675–11.2275/bu+0.03−50–−44¢/BuMay (K)9.5300
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9100–10.9900/bu+0.03−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.2767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0175–11.1675/bu+0.03−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.4833

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.5300/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.4100/bu+0.05−34–−13¢/BuMay (K)4.4050
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300–4.4800/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.3200/bu+0.02−32–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.4050
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2300–4.2800/bu+0.02−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.1600/bu+0.02−44–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.3483
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.