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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Aug 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3050–9.5650/bu+0.08−38–+5¢/BuNovember (X)13.3000
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1850–9.5450/bu+0.13−50–−14¢/BuNovember (X)13.5611
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2850–9.5350/bu—−40–−15¢/BuNovember (X)13.0686
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1850–9.4550/bu+0.10−50–−23¢/BuNovember (X)13.4586
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0950–9.3450/bu—−59–−34¢/BuNovember (X)13.5471
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3350–9.4850/bu—−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)13.2743
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4850–9.6850/bu+0.05−20–0¢/BuNovember (X)13.4050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5850–9.8850/bu+0.05−10–+20¢/BuNovember (X)13.5222

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.8800/bu+0.04−10–+13¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4510
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6000–3.8500/bu+0.06−15–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2900
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–4.0500/bu+0.090–+30¢/BuSeptember (U)5.5114
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.7800/bu+0.06−10–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3886
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3900–3.6500/bu+0.06−36–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1886
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4500–3.9000/bu+0.10−30–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3714
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–3.9800/bu+0.06+20–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3300
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.