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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Aug 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.6700/bu+0.03−36–+4¢/BuNovember (X)13.5920
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.5850/bu+0.06−50–−23¢/BuNovember (X)13.7328
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.6150/bu+0.06−40–−20¢/BuNovember (X)13.3464
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.4850/bu+0.06−50–−33¢/BuNovember (X)13.7064
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1150–9.4950/bu+0.05−70–−32¢/BuNovember (X)13.8536
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3650–9.5650/bu+0.06−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)13.5450
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.7650/bu+0.06−20–−5¢/BuNovember (X)13.7100
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.9650/bu+0.05−20–+15¢/BuNovember (X)13.7400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6550–3.9050/bu+0.01−10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4465
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6050–3.8550/bu+0.01−15–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3569
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050–4.0050/bu+0.01+5–+25¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4868
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6550–3.8050/bu+0.01−10–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3825
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4450–3.6550/bu+0.01−31–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2539
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5050–3.9050/bu+0.01−25–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3625
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550/bu+0.01+20¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3625
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.