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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Jul 16
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3000–11.5100/bu+0.07−65–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.7350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5600–11.8200/bu+0.12−39–−13¢/BuAugust (Q)10.0350
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4500/bu+0.07−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7500/bu+0.07−20¢/BuAugust (Q)10.1083
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2300–11.3400/bu+0.07−72–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.6150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4725–11.5700/bu+0.07−38¢/BuSeptember (U)9.9550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.3400/bu+0.06−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.3150/bu+0.12−39–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8825
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.2900/bu+0.06−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.2650/bu+0.11−20–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9700
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.0400/bu+0.06−66–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.0650/bu+0.08−40–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8500
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.