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Minneapolis Daily Grain Report

Minnesota · Minneapolis · Mon, Mar 17
● Bids as filed21 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3046

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550/bu+0.01−40¢/BuMay (K)11.6408
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550–9.8150/bu+0.01−40–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.6475
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–9.9525/bu+0.01−40–−34¢/BuJuly (N)11.7225
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–9.9525/bu+0.01−40–−34¢/BuJuly (N)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350–9.7350/bu+0.01−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–9.7050/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.5942

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6500/bu+0.13−50¢/BuMay (K)6.6575
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu+0.13+10¢/BuMay (K)6.8575
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6500/bu+0.13+50¢/BuMay (K)6.9575
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.9050/bu+0.20+85¢/BuMay (K)7.0375
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.4500/bu—+130¢/BuMay (K)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered8.1500/bu+0.63+200¢/BuMay (K)8.0075
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.6500/bu—+150¢/BuMay (K)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered8.4500–8.9000/bu—+230–+275¢/BuMay (K)9.0075

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1/2Delivered4.0900/bu+0.11+40¢/BuMay (K)4.2350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.3000/bu+0.03−32–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.1467
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.3000/bu+0.03−32–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.1767
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.4200/bu+0.03−32–−28¢/BuJuly (N)4.2575
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.4200/bu+0.03−32–−28¢/BuJuly (N)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.1900/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400/bu+0.03−37¢/BuMay (K)4.1033
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.