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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Aug 19
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7225–11.9525/bu+0.21−65–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.6525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7725–12.2725/bu+0.21−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.7425
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7325–11.8225/bu+0.21−64–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8225–12.1225/bu+0.21−55–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.7267
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5725/bu+0.21−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.4100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7225–11.8725/bu+0.21−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5933

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300–4.6300/bu+0.10−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.5000/bu+0.10−38–−23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6900
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–4.6300/bu+0.10−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6067
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300–4.5100/bu+0.14−30–−22¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6500
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2300–4.2800/bu+0.10−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.2300/bu+0.10−55–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5500
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.