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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Sep 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5400–9.7400/bu+0.13−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)12.5740
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4900–9.6900/bu+0.07−65–−45¢/BuNovember (X)12.6433
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5400–9.7400/bu+0.03−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)12.5371
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4400–9.5900/bu+0.08−70–−55¢/BuNovember (X)12.5200
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2100–9.6400/bu+0.03−93–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.6129
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3900–9.5700/bu+0.08−75–−57¢/BuNovember (X)12.6257
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8400–9.8900/bu+0.08−30–−25¢/BuNovember (X)12.8250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7400–10.1400/bu+0.08−40–0¢/BuNovember (X)13.0250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–4.0475/bu+0.00−35–−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5465
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–4.1475/bu+0.00−33–+2¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6592
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–4.1775/bu+0.00−25–+5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6739
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–3.9075/bu+0.00−33–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4768
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5275–3.8775/bu+0.02−60–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4496
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6775–4.2775/bu+0.00−45–+15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5882
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9275–4.0075/bu+0.00−20–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7575
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.