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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, May 29
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3000–11.4600/bu+0.04−60–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.7550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4675–11.6675/bu+0.08−40–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.1875
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3500/bu+0.04−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.8175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6075/bu+0.08−26¢/BuJuly (N)10.2675
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2400–11.2900/bu+0.04−66–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.7508
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4175–11.4675/bu+0.08−45–−40¢/BuJuly (N)10.1142

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.4500/bu+0.07−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.3175/bu+0.10−32–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.3100
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4000/bu+0.07−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.2875/bu+0.09−21–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.3700
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500/bu+0.07−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.1175/bu+0.11−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.2133
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.