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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Feb 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1900–11.2900/bu+0.07−60–−50¢/BuMarch (H)14.8235
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1500–11.4400/bu+0.07−64–−35¢/BuMarch (H)14.8678
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0400–11.2400/bu+0.07−75–−55¢/BuMarch (H)15.0929
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2200–11.2900/bu+0.07−57–−50¢/BuMarch (H)15.0014
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2200–11.5000/bu+0.07−57–−29¢/BuMarch (H)14.9296
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1900–11.6600/bu+0.07−60–−13¢/BuMarch (H)15.2400
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5100–11.5900/bu+0.08−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)15.5050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2400–11.6400/bu+0.07−55–−15¢/BuMarch (H)15.0970

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475–4.2075/bu+0.02−24–+2¢/BuMarch (H)6.8370
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.2875/bu+0.04−11–+10¢/BuMarch (H)6.6083
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.3175/bu+0.02−14–+13¢/BuMarch (H)7.1007
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.2375/bu+0.02−22–+5¢/BuMarch (H)6.7836
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–4.1675/bu+0.04−38–−2¢/BuMarch (H)6.5621
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–4.1775/bu+0.06−38–−1¢/BuMarch (H)6.9264
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.3075/bu+0.01+3–+12¢/BuMarch (H)7.0850
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.