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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

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

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0825–13.3425/bu+0.03−45–−24¢/BuNovember (X)8.5635
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1325–13.6225/bu+0.17−40–+9¢/BuNovember (X)8.7567
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1325–13.3325/bu+0.08−40–−20¢/BuNovember (X)8.4975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0325–13.3325/bu+0.28−50–−20¢/BuNovember (X)8.5550
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1525–13.7425/bu+0.13−38–+21¢/BuNovember (X)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0825–13.3825/bu+0.08−45–−15¢/BuNovember (X)8.4900
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0725–13.5325/bu+0.64−46–0¢/BuNovember (X)8.7750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.1375–6.4175/bu+0.01+52–+80¢/BuSeptember (U)2.9700
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.1175–6.2175/bu+0.07+50–+60¢/BuSeptember (U)3.1400
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.2675–6.5375/bu+0.02+65–+92¢/BuSeptember (U)2.9490
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9675–6.5175/bu+0.04+35–+90¢/BuSeptember (U)2.9978
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.2375–6.5675/bu+0.04+62–+95¢/BuSeptember (U)2.9086
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.1675–6.5675/bu+0.09+55–+95¢/BuSeptember (U)2.9600
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9975–6.3775/bu+0.04+38–+76¢/BuSeptember (U)3.0371
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.