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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Aug 13
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1725–11.3825/bu+0.01−65–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.5850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4625–11.6425/bu+0.02−36–−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.7025
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1825–11.2525/bu+0.01−64–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.5183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2725–11.4925/bu+0.06−55–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.7183
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0225/bu+0.01−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.3350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1725–11.3225/bu+0.01−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5183

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.3700/bu+0.09−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.2900/bu+0.09−33–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6450
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.3700/bu+0.09−48–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5892
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.2200/bu+0.09−34–−26¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6500
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9700–4.0200/bu+0.09−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4092
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–3.9400/bu+0.09−60–−54¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5067
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.