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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jul 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4300–10.8250/bu+0.020–−16¢/BuNovember (X)14.3368
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5950–10.8950/bu+0.01−39–−9¢/BuAugust (Q)14.4178
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3400–10.6300/bu+0.07−9–+20¢/BuNovember (X)14.2389
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5800–10.7350/bu+0.02+15–−25¢/BuNovember (X)14.4675
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5150–10.8350/bu+0.04−47–−15¢/BuAugust (Q)14.5636
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5300–10.8150/bu+0.07+10–−17¢/BuNovember (X)14.2925
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–10.8800/bu+0.01−20–+45¢/BuAugust (Q)14.3225
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9300–11.1850/bu+0.02−50–+20¢/BuNovember (X)14.3531

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8625–4.1425/bu+0.07−5–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)6.0665
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–4.1325/bu+0.07−3–+22¢/BuSeptember (U)6.0625
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.2925/bu+0.07+13–+38¢/BuSeptember (U)6.1182
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8425–4.0625/bu+0.07−7–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.9925
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7125–3.9325/bu+0.07−20–+2¢/BuSeptember (U)5.8511
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7125–4.1125/bu+0.07−20–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)5.9868
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625/bu+0.07+25¢/BuSeptember (U)6.0625
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.