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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Aug 18
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5175–11.7475/bu+0.01−65–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.6175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5675–12.0175/bu+0.09−60–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7200
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5275–11.6175/bu+0.01−64–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6175–11.9175/bu+0.01−55–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.7042
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3675/bu+0.01−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.3875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5175–11.6675/bu+0.01−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300–4.5300/bu+0.02−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.4325/bu+0.07−38–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6750
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.5300/bu+0.02−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.3725/bu+0.02−34–−26¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6450
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.1800/bu+0.02−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4692
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.1325/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5517
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.