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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Thu, Sep 3
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5125–12.7125/bu+0.06−65–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9675–13.1675/bu—−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.4342
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5325–12.7625/bu+0.06−63–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6875
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5925–12.6425/bu+0.06−57–−52¢/BuNovember (X)9.5367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0475–13.1175/bu—−32–−25¢/BuMarch (H)10.4367
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5925–12.7125/bu+0.06−57–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5533
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3625–12.4125/bu+0.06−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0150/bu—−40¢/BuMay (K)10.4558
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3625–12.5825/bu+0.06−80–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.4233

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7875–5.0575/bu+0.03−62–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2100–5.3600/bu—−35–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7875–4.9075/bu+0.03−62–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8075
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8075–5.0075/bu+0.06−60–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3100–5.3800/bu—−25–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2617
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7575–4.8075/bu+0.08−65–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8108
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5575–4.6575/bu+0.08−85–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6342
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2625–5.2825/bu—−37–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.1783
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5575–4.6575/bu+0.03−85–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7242
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.