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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Aug 25
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7275–11.9775/bu+0.14−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7375–12.2775/bu+0.14−64–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.9075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8075–11.8975/bu+0.17−57–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.7117
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8075–12.2275/bu+0.17−57–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8617
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5775/bu+0.14−80¢/BuNovember (X)9.5483
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7975–11.8775/bu+0.14−58–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7283

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6850–4.8850/bu+0.08−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.8450/bu+0.03−50–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7600
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7350–4.8850/bu+0.08−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050–4.8350/bu+0.09−30–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7617
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4850–4.5350/bu+0.08−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5317
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050/bu+0.09−50¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6450
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.