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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Apr 8
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9200–11.0800/bu+0.01−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.4825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1400–11.3600/bu+0.09−48–−26¢/BuMay (K)9.8300
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9700–11.0200/bu+0.01−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1600–11.1800/bu+0.08−46–−44¢/BuMay (K)9.8408
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8600–10.9400/bu+0.01−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.4367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1000–11.1200/bu+0.17−52–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.7875

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.4600/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.3825/bu+0.01−30–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.4950
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.4100/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.2525/bu+0.02−32–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.5333
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.2100/bu+0.02−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0408
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.0925/bu+0.01−43–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.4433
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.