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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, May 6
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1550–11.3150/bu+0.14−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.7325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5175–11.7175/bu+0.17−43–−23¢/BuJuly (N)10.0900
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2050/bu+0.14−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.7700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6075–11.6475/bu+0.19−34–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.2125
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0950–11.1450/bu+0.17−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.7033
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4775–11.4975/bu+0.14−47–−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.0792

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4000–4.6000/bu+0.11−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.5450/bu+0.12−29–−14¢/BuJuly (N)4.3125
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5500/bu+0.11−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4450–4.4850/bu+0.16−24–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.4025
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3500/bu+0.11−60–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9408
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.3650/bu+0.12−36–−32¢/BuJuly (N)4.2258
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.