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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Jul 15
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3675–11.6175/bu+0.11−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6825–11.9225/bu+0.08−34–−10¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9725
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5175/bu+0.11−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6917
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8225–11.8725/bu+0.10−20–−15¢/BuAugust (Q)10.0283
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2975–11.4075/bu+0.11−72–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.5717
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5425–11.6225/bu+0.09−38–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)9.8750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.3950/bu+0.09−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.4350/bu+0.01−33–−4¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9425
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3450/bu+0.07−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.3750/bu+0.07−15–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0025
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.0950/bu+0.09−66–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.1550/bu+0.03−38–−32¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8825
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.