Cash grain bids / Iowa / Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids / 2026-07-21

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Jul 21
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5775–11.8275/bu+0.04−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8650–12.0950/bu+0.04−33–−10¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9575
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6975–11.7275/bu+0.07−53–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9950/bu+0.07−20¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9892
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4875–11.5275/bu+0.06−74–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5783
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7250–11.7950/bu+0.05−38–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)9.8458

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.4525/bu+0.02−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.3875/bu+0.01−38–−14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8725
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3525–4.4025/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075–4.3575/bu+0.03−22–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9258
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.1525/bu+0.02−70–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6467
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.1475/bu+0.03−40–−38¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8125
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.