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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, May 27
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2150–11.3750/bu+0.01−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.8625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4425–11.6525/bu+0.00−41–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.2550
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2650/bu+0.01−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.9250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5725–11.5925/bu+0.01−28–−26¢/BuJuly (N)10.3017
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1550–11.2050/bu+0.01−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.8583
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4025/bu+0.01−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.1817

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4750/bu+0.05−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3850/bu+0.07−32–−14¢/BuJuly (N)4.3850
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250/bu+0.05−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.3650/bu+0.05−18–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.4400
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750/bu+0.05−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9683
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.1750/bu+0.08−38–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.2833
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.