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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Jul 17
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3800–11.5900/bu+0.08−65–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.8200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6550–11.9150/bu+0.10−39–−13¢/BuAugust (Q)10.1075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5300/bu+0.08−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.8275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8450/bu+0.10−20¢/BuAugust (Q)10.1642
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3100–11.4200/bu+0.08−72–−61¢/BuNovember (X)9.6808
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5550–11.6650/bu+0.08−38¢/BuSeptember (U)10.0142

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.3750/bu+0.04−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.3475/bu+0.03−39–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9525
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.3250/bu+0.04−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.2875/bu+0.03−20–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0350
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.0750/bu+0.04−66–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7442
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.0975/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8983
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.