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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Aug 11
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0375–11.2475/bu+0.11−65–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.6850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3275–11.5075/bu+0.11−36–−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.8450
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0475–11.1075/bu+0.13−64–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.5875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2375–11.3075/bu+0.11−45–−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.8775
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–10.9875/bu+0.11−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5108
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0375–11.1575/bu+0.11−65–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.7175

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.2550/bu+0.01−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.1775/bu+0.02−33–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5900
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.2550/bu+0.01−48–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0275–4.0675/bu+0.02−34–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6150
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–4.0050/bu+0.01−75–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.3617
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.8875/bu+0.02−55–−48¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4717
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.