Cash grain bids / Minnesota / Minneapolis Daily Grain Report / 2025-08-20

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Minneapolis Daily Grain Report

Minnesota · Minneapolis · Wed, Aug 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3046

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4600–9.5100/bu—−90–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.3150
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4600–9.5100/bu+0.02−90–−85¢/BuNovember (X)9.2317
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6100–9.7100/bu+0.02−75–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.3150
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5600–9.6100/bu+0.02−80–−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.4250

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8500/bu+0.02−85¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6625
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6000/bu+0.02−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.8625
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0000/bu+0.02+30¢/BuSeptember (U)5.9625
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.0500/bu+0.02+35¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.4500/bu—+75¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.7000–6.7500/bu+0.02+100–+105¢/BuSeptember (U)8.0625
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.3500/bu+0.24+165¢/BuSeptember (U)9.8125

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1/2Delivered3.8050/bu+0.01+55¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4400–3.5900/bu+0.01−60–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5992
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5400–3.5900/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6325
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5000–3.6300/bu+0.01−30–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5717
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.