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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Tue, Sep 8
● 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+0.07−65–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9850–13.1850/bu+0.08−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.3825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5325–12.7625/bu+0.08−63–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6625
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5625–12.5925/bu+0.07−60–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.5192
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0650–13.1350/bu+0.09−32–−25¢/BuMarch (H)10.4267
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5425–12.6425/bu+0.05−62–−52¢/BuNovember (X)9.5358
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3625–12.4125/bu+0.07−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0375/bu+0.09−40¢/BuMay (K)10.4433
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3625–12.5825/bu+0.07−80–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.4058

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7150–4.9850/bu+0.03−62–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1400–5.2900/bu+0.03−35–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2038
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7150–4.9650/bu+0.03−62–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8175
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6850–4.9150/bu+0.03−65–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2400–5.3100/bu+0.03−25–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2617
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6850–4.7350/bu+0.03−65–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8308
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4850–4.5850/bu+0.03−85–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6342
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1950–5.2150/bu+0.03−37–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.1808
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4850–4.5850/bu+0.03−85–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6675
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.