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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, May 19
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4300–11.5900/bu+0.02−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.9025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7050–11.8950/bu+0.04−39–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.3000
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4800/bu+0.02−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.9600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7750–11.8150/bu+0.04−32–−28¢/BuJuly (N)10.3400
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3700–11.4200/bu+0.02−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.8933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6450/bu+0.04−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.2067

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.6775/bu+0.00−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.6325/bu+0.02−29–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4100
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6275/bu+0.00−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.5725/bu+0.02−22–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.4583
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775/bu+0.00−60¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025/bu+0.02−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.3017
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.