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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

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

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4300–9.6225/bu—−33–+5¢/BuNovember (X)13.4550
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2600–9.6200/bu—−50–−14¢/BuNovember (X)13.6022
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3600–9.6100/bu—−40–−15¢/BuNovember (X)13.2014
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2600–9.5300/bu—−50–−23¢/BuNovember (X)13.5757
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1600–9.4700/bu+0.01−60–−29¢/BuNovember (X)13.7114
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.5600/bu—−45–−20¢/BuNovember (X)13.3943
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5600–9.7100/bu—−20–−5¢/BuNovember (X)13.5650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.9100/bu—−10–+15¢/BuNovember (X)13.6544

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.9000/bu+0.03−10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3860
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6100–3.8500/bu+0.13−14–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2339
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–4.0000/bu+0.02+5–+25¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4179
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.8000/bu+0.03−10–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2764
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4400–3.6500/bu+0.02−31–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1150
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5000–3.9000/bu+0.03−25–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2864
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500/bu+0.03+20¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2650
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.