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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Aug 18
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.9300–2.9900/bu+0.03−34–−28¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.9200–3.1600/bu+0.04−35–−11¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.8500–3.0000/bu+0.04−42–−27¢/BuSeptember (U)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.9200–3.1700/bu+0.03−35–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.9400–3.2100/bu+0.04−33–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.8700–3.0200/bu+0.04−40–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1500–3.1700/bu+0.04−12–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)—

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.5175–8.7000/bu+0.02−62–−42¢/BuNovember (X)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.5875–9.0075/bu+0.02−55–−13¢/BuNovember (X)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.3675–8.5875/bu+0.02−77–−55¢/BuNovember (X)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.5175–8.5875/bu+0.02−62–−55¢/BuNovember (X)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8975–9.0475/bu+0.06−24–−9¢/BuNovember (X)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.3975–8.5575/bu+0.06−74–−58¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.7575–8.7875/bu+0.02−38–−35¢/BuNovember (X)—
Source: USDA AMS · Des Moines, IA. 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.