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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Aug 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0825–13.8325/bu+0.23−45–+30¢/BuNovember (X)14.2468
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.6325–14.0425/bu+0.21+10–+51¢/BuNovember (X)14.5033
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0325–13.5325/bu+0.23−50–0¢/BuNovember (X)14.1829
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.6725–13.7825/bu+0.36+14–+25¢/BuNovember (X)14.3400
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.6425–13.8825/bu+0.23+11–+35¢/BuNovember (X)15.2000
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.2725–13.5825/bu+0.17−26–+5¢/BuNovember (X)14.3186
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.5425–13.7325/bu+0.23+1–+20¢/BuNovember (X)14.6400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered13.2825–14.1825/bu+0.23−25–+65¢/BuNovember (X)14.7550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3450–5.6750/bu+0.07+55–+88¢/BuSeptember (U)7.0020
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0650–5.5150/bu+0.07+27–+72¢/BuSeptember (U)6.6836
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3850–5.6950/bu+0.07+59–+90¢/BuSeptember (U)7.2286
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2950–5.6950/bu+0.02+50–+90¢/BuSeptember (U)6.9157
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1250–5.4450/bu+0.07+33–+65¢/BuSeptember (U)6.9529
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2950–5.6750/bu+0.07+50–+88¢/BuSeptember (U)6.9871
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3450–5.3950/bu+0.02+55–+60¢/BuSeptember (U)7.3750
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.