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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Jul 29
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2775–11.4975/bu+0.27−65–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.3700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3900–11.6800/bu+0.39−39–−10¢/BuAugust (Q)9.4375
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3775–11.3975/bu+0.27−55–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.2175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5500–11.6300/bu+0.34−23–−15¢/BuAugust (Q)9.4475
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1875–11.2275/bu+0.27−74–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3300–11.4200/bu+0.34−45–−34¢/BuAugust (Q)9.2208

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.3675/bu+0.09−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.3200/bu+0.14−42–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7125
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.3675/bu+0.14−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2900/bu+0.14−32–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7442
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.1175/bu+0.09−70–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5392
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.0700/bu+0.10−45–−42¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6808
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.