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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Aug 28
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2300–12.4800/bu+0.20−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2800–12.7300/bu+0.20−60–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.9225
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3100–12.3800/bu+0.20−57–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7617
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3100–12.7000/bu+0.20−57–−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.8950
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1300/bu+0.25−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5983
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1300–12.3300/bu+0.20−75–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.7617

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8150–5.0150/bu+0.03−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.8900/bu+0.07−59–−23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7813
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8650–4.9950/bu+0.03−50–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7958
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8500–4.9200/bu+0.02−27–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8500
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150–4.6650/bu+0.03−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6392
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150–4.6200/bu+0.01−75–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7200
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.