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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Jul 31
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2250–11.4450/bu+0.01−65–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.2625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2750–11.6200/bu+0.10−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.3463
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2950–11.3450/bu+0.04−58–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.1525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4900–11.5400/bu+0.05−23–−18¢/BuAugust (Q)9.3908
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1050–11.1750/bu+0.04−77–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2700–11.3450/bu+0.05−45–−53¢/BuAugust (Q)9.1475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.2900/bu+0.05−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.2275/bu+0.05−44–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7425
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.2900/bu+0.08−48–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6808
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0875–4.1675/bu+0.05−32–−24¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7483
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9100–4.0400/bu+0.08−73–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5242
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–3.9875/bu+0.05−43–−42¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6650
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.