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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, May 11
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3475–11.5075/bu+0.05−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)10.0800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7000–11.9000/bu+0.05−43–−23¢/BuJuly (N)10.4325
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3975/bu+0.05−55¢/BuNovember (X)10.1250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7900–11.8100/bu+0.05−34–−32¢/BuJuly (N)10.4992
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2875–11.3375/bu+0.05−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)10.0583
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6600–11.6800/bu+0.05−47–−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.3892

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.6775/bu+0.04−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.6125/bu+0.04−31–−14¢/BuJuly (N)4.2950
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6275/bu+0.04−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325/bu+0.04−22¢/BuJuly (N)4.3700
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775/bu+0.04−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9883
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.4325/bu+0.04−36–−32¢/BuJuly (N)4.2133
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.