Cash grain bids / Minnesota / Minneapolis Daily Grain Report / 2026-08-18

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Minneapolis Daily Grain Report

Minnesota · Minneapolis · Tue, Aug 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3046

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3675–11.6175/bu+0.01−80–−55¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3675–11.6175/bu+0.01−80–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.4542
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5175–11.5675/bu+0.01−65–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5708

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5625/bu+0.01−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8350
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5625/bu+0.01−20¢/BuSeptember (U)5.5850
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5625/bu+0.01−20¢/BuSeptember (U)5.9850
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered8.4375/bu—+100¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.8125/bu—+105¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.9625/bu+0.09+120¢/BuSeptember (U)6.4350
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered8.0625–8.1125/bu+0.01+130–+135¢/BuSeptember (U)6.6850
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered8.7625–9.0625/bu+0.36+200–+230¢/BuSeptember (U)7.5850

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1/2Delivered3.9150/bu+0.01+60¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325–4.3225/bu+0.02−60–−31¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3800/bu+0.02−70–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4825
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325–4.2925/bu+0.02−60–−34¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5383
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.