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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Apr 28
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0700–11.2300/bu+0.01−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.7650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4300–11.6300/bu+0.03−30–−10¢/BuMay (K)10.2569
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1200–11.1700/bu+0.01−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.8025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4700–11.5800/bu+0.04−26–−15¢/BuMay (K)10.3600
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0100–11.0900/bu+0.01−66–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.7358
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3500–11.3700/bu+0.03−38–−36¢/BuMay (K)10.1592

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575–4.6575/bu+0.06−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.6525/bu+0.05−20–0¢/BuMay (K)4.5281
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5775–4.6075/bu+0.06−38–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.5625/bu+0.05−20–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.5550
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4075/bu+0.06−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9783
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–4.3425/bu+0.05−33–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.3442
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.