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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Oct 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0800–12.1600/bu+0.00−65–−57¢/BuNovember (X)13.1025
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0300–12.2800/bu+0.00−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)13.1308
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0100–12.1800/bu+0.00−72–−55¢/BuNovember (X)13.2232
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8800–13.4300/bu+0.05−85–+70¢/BuNovember (X)13.1161
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7300–12.1300/bu+0.08−100–−60¢/BuNovember (X)13.0418
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0300–12.2300/bu+0.00−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)13.2175
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3800/bu+0.00−35¢/BuNovember (X)13.6475
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.3300–12.5300/bu+0.00−40–−20¢/BuNovember (X)13.4725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.6100/bu+0.01−37–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)6.6200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.6700/bu+0.02−37–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)6.6144
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.7600/bu+0.03−37–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)6.7214
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.5600/bu+0.01−37–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)6.5800
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.6100/bu+0.09−55–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)6.5314
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.7600/bu+0.02−45–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)6.6383
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600–4.7600/bu+0.14−20–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)6.9600
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.