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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Aug 27
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0300–12.2800/bu+0.02−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0800–12.5400/bu+0.06−60–−14¢/BuNovember (X)9.8725
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1100–12.1800/bu+0.02−57–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6967
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1100–12.5300/bu+0.02−57–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8300
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8800–11.9300/bu+0.02−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5333
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9300–12.1800/bu+0.15−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7133

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7850–4.9850/bu+0.03−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025–4.8625/bu+0.04−50–−24¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6825
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8350–4.9650/bu+0.03−50–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8325–4.9325/bu+0.06−27–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7417
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5850–4.6350/bu+0.03−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025/bu+0.04−50¢/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.