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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, May 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 #1Delivered11.2350–11.3950/bu+0.24−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.8575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5150–11.7250/bu+0.37−41–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.2600
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2850/bu+0.24−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.9025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5850–11.6250/bu+0.37−34–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.3358
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1750–11.2250/bu+0.24−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.8358
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4550–11.4750/bu+0.37−47–−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.1892

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.6125/bu+0.12−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.5550/bu+0.13−30–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.3275
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5625/bu+0.12−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.4750/bu+0.13−22–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.3983
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3125/bu+0.12−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9208
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.3550/bu+0.13−36–−32¢/BuJuly (N)4.2250
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.