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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, May 1
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2275–11.3875/bu+0.10−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.8175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6025–11.8025/bu+0.08−43–−23¢/BuJuly (N)10.3300
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2775–11.2975/bu+0.10−55–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.8550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6525–11.7525/bu+0.09−38–−28¢/BuJuly (N)10.4000
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1675–11.2175/bu+0.10−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.7883
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5175–11.5825/bu+0.08−36–−45¢/BuMay (K)10.2567

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4875–4.6875/bu+0.05−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.7025/bu+0.05−29–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.5125
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6075–4.6375/bu+0.05−38–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.6225/bu+0.07−27–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.5900
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.4375/bu+0.05−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0358
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–4.4525/bu+0.07−30–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.4233
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.