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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Sep 1
● Bids as filed12 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5275–12.7775/bu+0.30−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5475–12.8775/bu+0.27−63–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7650
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6075–12.6775/bu+0.30−57–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6333
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6075–12.9775/bu+0.30−57–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.6333
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4275/bu+0.30−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.4700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4275–12.6275/bu+0.30−75–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5367

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8400–5.1100/bu+0.06−62–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6100–5.0600/bu+0.05−85–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8175
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9600–5.0900/bu+0.08−50–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9600–5.0400/bu+0.08−50–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8433
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7100–4.7600/bu+0.08−75–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6667
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7100–4.7150/bu+0.08−75–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7633
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.