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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, May 22
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2775–11.4375/bu+0.01−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.9925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5450–11.7650/bu+0.03−42–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.3675
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3275/bu+0.01−55¢/BuNovember (X)10.0550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6850–11.7050/bu+0.02−28–−26¢/BuJuly (N)10.4125
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2175–11.2675/bu+0.01−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.9883
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5150/bu+0.02−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.2792

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.5650/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3325–4.5125/bu+0.03−30–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4650
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5150/bu+0.02−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.4725/bu+0.01−18–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.5217
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650/bu+0.02−60¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0408
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2825/bu+0.01−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.3583
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.