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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Sep 18
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3450–3.5150/bu+0.01−44–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3450–3.6050/bu+0.01−44–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3950–3.5350/bu+0.03−39–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3850–3.7150/bu+0.03−40–−7¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3250–3.6550/bu+0.03−46–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3150–3.4750/bu+0.00−47–−31¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6250–3.6650/bu+0.03−16–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)—

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–9.8850/bu+0.15−62–−55¢/BuNovember (X)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–10.0850/bu+0.11−72–−35¢/BuNovember (X)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550–9.8350/bu+0.15−68–−60¢/BuNovember (X)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7850–9.8050/bu+0.15−65–−63¢/BuNovember (X)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8050–10.1250/bu+0.15−63–−31¢/BuNovember (X)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6850–9.8450/bu+0.16−75–−59¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9350–10.0350/bu+0.15−50–−40¢/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.