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Iowa-Southern Minnesota Barge Terminal Grain Bids

Iowa · Minneapolis · Wed, Sep 9
● Bids as filed18 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3043

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275–4.5275/bu+0.06−85–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6308
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275–4.5275/bu+0.06−85–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1400–5.1600/bu+0.06−37–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.1533
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6575–4.9275/bu+0.06−62–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0825–5.2325/bu+0.06−35–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6575–4.9075/bu+0.06−62–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7900
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5775–4.8575/bu+0.11−70–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1825–5.2525/bu+0.06−25–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2317
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5775–4.6775/bu+0.11−70–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8067

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4450–12.6150/bu+0.07−65–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.5550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9175–13.1175/bu+0.07−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.3400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4650–12.6550/bu+0.07−63–−44¢/BuNovember (X)9.5750
South Iowa MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4750–12.5250/bu+0.09−62–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.4592
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9975–13.0675/bu+0.07−32–−25¢/BuMarch (H)10.3767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4750–12.5750/bu+0.07−62–−52¢/BuNovember (X)9.4592
South Minnesota MS River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2950–12.3450/bu+0.07−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9700/bu+0.07−40¢/BuMay (K)10.3933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2950–12.5150/bu+0.07−80–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.3458
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.