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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, May 26
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2025–11.3625/bu+0.08−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.9950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4400–11.6600/bu+0.11−42–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.3925
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2525/bu+0.08−55¢/BuNovember (X)10.0575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5800–11.6000/bu+0.11−28–−26¢/BuJuly (N)10.4417
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1425–11.1925/bu+0.08−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.9908
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4100/bu+0.11−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.3017

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.5200/bu+0.05−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4350/bu+0.06−30–−14¢/BuJuly (N)4.4700
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700/bu+0.05−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.4150/bu+0.06−18–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.5250
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200/bu+0.05−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9817
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250/bu+0.06−35¢/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.