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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Oct 18
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6050–11.7150/bu+0.04−61–−50¢/BuNovember (X)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5350–11.9050/bu+0.01−68–−31¢/BuNovember (X)9.9000
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6150–11.8650/bu+0.04−60–−35¢/BuNovember (X)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5650–11.7150/bu+0.04−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6750–11.8850/bu+0.02−54–−33¢/BuNovember (X)10.0254
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4650–11.7150/bu+0.01−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9650/bu+0.01−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.0575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0575–5.2275/bu+0.07−27–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7795
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0075–5.2375/bu+0.07−32–−9¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7792
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0775–5.2775/bu+0.07−25–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8096
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0075–5.1275/bu+0.07−32–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7425
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0275–5.2075/bu+0.20−30–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7968
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9475–5.1075/bu+0.04−38–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7642
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2275–5.3075/bu+0.07−10–−2¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8275
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.