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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Fri, Sep 4
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4475–12.6475/bu+0.07−65–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9025–13.1025/bu+0.07−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.3733
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4575–12.6975/bu+0.08−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5750
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4975–12.5475/bu+0.10−60–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.4767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9725–13.0225/bu+0.08−33–−28¢/BuMarch (H)10.3742
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4975–12.6175/bu+0.10−60–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.4933
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2975–12.3475/bu+0.07−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9450/bu+0.07−40¢/BuMay (K)10.3983
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2975–12.5175/bu+0.07−80–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.3633

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7475–5.0175/bu+0.04−62–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1725–5.3225/bu+0.04−35–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1988
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7475–4.8975/bu+0.04−62–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7800
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7175–4.9475/bu+0.09−65–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2725–5.3425/bu+0.04−25–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2517
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7175–4.7675/bu+0.04−65–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7933
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.6175/bu+0.04−85–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6167
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2275–5.2475/bu+0.04−37–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.1758
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.6175/bu+0.04−85–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7133
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.