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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Aug 4
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1275–11.3375/bu+0.15−65–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.2775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1375–11.4775/bu+0.15−64–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.5050
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1775–11.2475/bu+0.15−60–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.1575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3575–11.4775/bu+0.15−42–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.4408
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9775–11.0775/bu+0.18−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0908
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1775–11.2475/bu+0.09−60–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.2642

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.3050/bu+0.07−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9125–4.1725/bu+0.11−51–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6975
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.3050/bu+0.07−48–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.1925/bu+0.07−32–−23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7150
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9250–4.0550/bu+0.07−73–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–3.9925/bu+0.07−50–−43¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5783
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.