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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Aug 26
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0100–12.2600/bu+0.28−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0200–12.5200/bu+0.28−64–−14¢/BuNovember (X)9.8775
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0900–12.1800/bu+0.28−57–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.7417
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0900–12.5100/bu+0.28−57–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8150
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8600–11.9100/bu+0.28−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5283
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0800–12.1600/bu+0.28−58–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7083

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8150–5.0150/bu+0.13−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6400–4.9000/bu+0.14−50–−24¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6838
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8650–5.0150/bu+0.13−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8900–4.9700/bu+0.19−25–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7200
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150–4.6650/bu+0.13−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4967
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6400/bu+0.14−50¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5950
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.