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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Mon, Aug 24
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5925–11.8425/bu+0.15−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6025–12.1425/bu+0.15−64–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.8925
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6425–11.7625/bu+0.11−60–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.6942
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6425–12.0925/bu+0.20−60–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8442
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4425/bu+0.15−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.5308
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6625–11.7425/bu+0.08−58–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7108

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6050–4.8050/bu+0.07−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.6650/bu+0.08−44–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7850
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550–4.8050/bu+0.07−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150–4.7350/bu+0.08−30–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7625
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.4550/bu+0.07−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5592
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4150/bu+0.13−50¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6558
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.