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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Jul 28
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5500–11.8000/bu+0.06−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7800–12.0400/bu+0.05−34–−8¢/BuAugust (Q)9.5650
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6500–11.6700/bu+0.06−55–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.3683
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8900–11.9700/bu+0.04−23–−15¢/BuAugust (Q)9.6242
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4600–11.5000/bu+0.06−74–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6700–11.7075/bu+0.04−45–−34¢/BuAugust (Q)9.5075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.5050/bu+0.07−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.4150/bu+0.05−38–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6875
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.4550/bu+0.07−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3850/bu+0.05−28–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7292
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2050/bu+0.07−70–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5267
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.1650/bu+0.07−45–−42¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6558
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.