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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, May 20
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3350–11.4950/bu+0.10−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)10.0150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6075–11.7975/bu+0.10−39–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.3975
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3850/bu+0.10−55¢/BuNovember (X)10.0725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6975–11.7175/bu+0.08−30–−28¢/BuJuly (N)10.4375
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2750–11.3250/bu+0.10−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)10.0058
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5475/bu+0.10−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.3042

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.5925/bu+0.09−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.5375/bu+0.14−33–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4775
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5425/bu+0.09−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575–4.4775/bu+0.08−20–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.5233
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925/bu+0.09−60¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0883
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075/bu+0.10−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.3667
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.