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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Apr 14
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8400–11.0000/bu+0.06−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.8100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1000–11.3300/bu+0.04−48–−25¢/BuMay (K)10.1550
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900–10.9400/bu+0.06−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2600–11.3200/bu+0.04−32–−26¢/BuMay (K)10.1667
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7800–10.8600/bu+0.06−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.7808
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0300–11.1100/bu+0.04−55–−47¢/BuMay (K)10.0533

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.4050/bu+0.01−50–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3600/bu+0.03−30–−7¢/BuMay (K)4.6075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3550/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.3100/bu+0.03−23–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.6725
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.1550/bu+0.01−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1758
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.0600/bu+0.03−40–−37¢/BuMay (K)4.5192
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.