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Minneapolis Daily Grain Report

Minnesota · Minneapolis · Mon, Aug 18
● Bids as filed17 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3046

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5125–9.5625/bu+0.01−90–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.1767
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6625–9.7625/bu+0.01−75–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.2600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6625/bu+0.01−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.4033

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8275/bu+0.02−85¢/BuSeptember (U)5.7225
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5775/bu+0.02−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.9225
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9775/bu+0.02+30¢/BuSeptember (U)6.0225
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1Delivered6.5275–6.7775/bu—+85–+110¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.0275/bu—+35¢/BuSeptember (U)6.9225
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.2775/bu—+60¢/BuSeptember (U)7.3225
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.0775/bu+0.28+140¢/BuSeptember (U)8.0725
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.9775/bu—+130¢/BuSeptember (U)8.0225
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.6775/bu+0.02+100¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.6775–7.8775/bu+0.03+200–+220¢/BuSeptember (U)—

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1/2Delivered3.8700/bu+0.05+50¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4650–3.6150/bu+0.01−60–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6192
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5650–3.6150/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6525
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5300–3.6600/bu+0.01−30–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5800
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.