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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Apr 9
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9250–11.0850/bu+0.01−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.5525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1325–11.3925/bu+0.01−52–−26¢/BuMay (K)9.9950
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9750–11.0250/bu+0.01−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2925–11.3125/bu+0.13−36–−34¢/BuMay (K)10.0233
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8650–10.9450/bu+0.01−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.5308
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1025–11.1525/bu+0.00−55–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.9867

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925–4.4425/bu+0.03−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.3500/bu+0.11−38–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.5750
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.3925/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.2600/bu+0.03−32–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.6367
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.1925/bu+0.02−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0258
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.0400/bu+0.02−42–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.5233
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.